School of the Art Institute of Chicago Courses

Charting the Avant Garde: From Romanticism to Utopic Abstraction

3 reviews

This first course in the Touring Modernism: From the French Avant-Garde to American Pop and Beyond program covers the 19th century movements of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. These movements eventually set the stage for the radical expressions…

• Kadenze
• 50 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Making Meaning: An Introduction to Designing Objects, Part I

Part 1 of Making Meaning: An Introduction to Designing Objects provides an overview of the theories and practices object designers are engaged in today, and how designers use signs, style and utility to generate substance. It also examines the design pro…

• Kadenze
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Pop, Minimalism, and Postmodernism

1 review

This third course examines the explosion of the mass media and its expression in Pop art as well as the rise of the simpler, but equally powerful movement called Minimalism. Conceptual art, performance/body art, Land Art, takes us into the countercultura…

• Kadenze
• 50 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Making Meaning: An Introduction to Designing Objects, Part II

Part 2 of Making Meaning: An Introduction to Designing Objects focuses on how design can be progressive, through exploring radical ideas, futuristic aesthetics and by embracing social responsibility. It also looks at the realities of design practice thro…

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• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Surrealism and Its Legacy

This second course covers the rebels and revolutionaries of the Dada and Surrealist movements including Duchamp, Dali, Magritte, and others. And then we jump across the pond to look at the American succession of the New York School with de Kooning, Pollo…

• Kadenze
• 50 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Touring Modernism: From the French Avant-Garde to American Pop and Beyond

Cultural and Political Influences: Ability to understand the cultural and political contexts of specific art movements. Understanding gender biases and the absence of women artists in the modern period. Understanding racial biases and the issue of primit…

• Kadenze
• 144 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Making Meaning: An Introduction to Designing Objects

Understanding the breadth of the object design field, its many sub-disciplines and specialisms. Understanding the political connotations of designed objects and how designers express a position through their work. Understanding the working contexts of de…

• Kadenze
• 64 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Touring Modernism: From the French avant-garde to American Pop and Beyond

20 reviews

This dynamic course focuses on the history of modern and postmodern art from the 19th and 20th centuries, with an emphasis on major works found in the collection of the renowned Art Institute of Chicago.  Painting, sculpture, photography, and other…

• Kadenze
• 8 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course