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This course surveys the history of modern art and critical theories from Post-Impressionism in the 1890s, covering major subsequent currents including Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism/Dada, Abstract Expressionism, and Post-Modernism. Developments in design and architecture, including the Bauhaus, International Style, and Post-Modernism, will also be covered.