A survey of the major artists and tendencies, including Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, the Bauhaus, and the Russian avant-garde. Lectures will focus on selected artists, with others to be covered through readings. Issues will include theoretical rationales for abstraction, varieties of avant-gardism, and relations between art, criticism and the art market. Format: lecture. Requirements: one quiz, a midterm, a short paper, a field trip to New York, and a final. Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102.