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VIS 22Formations of Modern Art

4 units · VIS · UC San Diego

A wide-ranging survey introducing the key aspects of global art and criticism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course will comparatively examine formations of modernism and modernity within and across a variety of aesthetic traditions in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania. Students may not receive credit for both VIS 22 and VIS 22R.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “none.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Winter (3 programs).

Required in (1)

  • Visual Arts (Art History/Criticism) (B.A.)

One of the options in (3)

  • Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts
  • Speculative Design (B.A.)
  • Visual Arts (Media) (B.A.)
What it opens up

Courses that list VIS 22 as a prerequisite (4)