In the online course Understanding Abstract Art you will learn how to understand abstract art and its concepts, origins and trends.
You will learn about the ideas and concepts that gave rise to abstract art and the aesthetic principles that guided the various movements and trends.
To learn how to understand abstract art we will also analyze the work of several artists who marked the beginning of this artistic movement.
How to understand Abstract Art
“Art can subsist without object”
In this certificated online course you will learn:
what abstract art is.
the origin and the different trends.
What it was:
- lyrical abstractionism
- geometric abstractionism
- the suprematism
- the neo-plasticism
- the action painting
To learn how to understand abstract art you will get to know the most emblematic artists and works of the Abstractionist movement and will analyze works of abstractionist art .
Language – English
Also available in – Português | Español
Includes 24-hour lifetime access for an unlimited time to:
- Lessons for each theme of the program
- Evaluation (1 final questionnaire)
- Certificate.
Who should take this certificated online course ?
- Students and teachers of art and art history.
- Artists, art historians, museologists, art curators and professionals in cultural communication and cultural tourism.
- All those who want to learn how to understand abstract art
No access requirements.
Certificate
At the end of the course, a training certificate will be issued . Know more.
We are a training entity certified by DGERT – Training Entity Certificate No. 1800/2015 – so the certificate has international validity.
How it works
Course structure
1 – Abstractionism
«One afternoon (…), immersed in my thoughts as I opened the studio door, I suddenly found myself in front of a canvas of indescribable and incandescent beauty. Intrigued, I stopped to look at it. It seemed to me to be a painting without a theme, as it did not describe any identifiable object and was composed entirely of colored spots. Finally, I got closer and only then did I recognize what it really was: my own painting, laid on its side on the easel (…).”
(Kandinsky – On the Problem of Form – Der Blaue Reiter, Munich, 1912)
Lesson 1
Abstract art – origin and concepts
Lesson 2
Groupes and trends
Lesson 3
Lyrical abstractionism with Kandinsky
Lesson 4
The role of Bauhaus
Lesson 5
Geometric abstractionism
Lesson 6
The Suprematism
Lesson 7
The Neo-Plasticism
2 – Analysis of a work of abstract art
Lesson 8
White on White, Kazimir Malevich
3 – Artists and reference works of Abstract art
Lesson 9
Artists and reference works of abstract art.
