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ARTD 3169/Grad ARTD 7165 Global Contemporary Art: From 1945 to the Present: Postwar Europe and Eastern Europe

Alternative textbook for Mona Hadler's course

About Post War Europe and Eastern Europe:1945-1989

Unit One charts the changes in European art from the postwar era until the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989.  We will discuss issues of painting, politics and the huge impact on the arts of the “end” of communism. Questions of consumerism, American hegemony, and international pop art will be examined. The art ranges from England to France, Germany, and Eastern Europe. 

Unit 1 Images

Videos: Unit 1