CHH007 History of Art 4: Modernism to Postmodernism 1945–1980
£140.00
World War II left the UK spent and the USA a superpower. By 1949 both were at war again, with the USSR. The Cold War’s threat of nuclear annihilation made it a war like no other, fought mainly through technology, economics and mind games of various kinds. All this informs visual arts of the time, in sometimes surprising ways. What, for instance, did the CIA expect to gain by secretly sponsoring Abstract Expressionist painters? Or what did the arms race have in common with Pop design? Topic discussions are supported by slides and online study notes and recordings.
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Dr John Nixon, BA (Hons) DPhil
‘I have enjoyed delivering Lifelong Learning courses at Stranmillis since 2013. I have also taught and examined History of Art from A-level (as Chief Examiner for some 24 years) up to and including doctoral level.’
