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This course familiarizes students with the major historical avant-garde art movements from 1900 to 1945. Students will be introduced to Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Suprematism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, among others. Although the course focuses on Europe, international manifestations of these movements will also be considered. Each movement will be examined in relation to contemporaneous social, political, and intellectual events and developments.