This course offers an introductory overview of the history of modern art, major artists, artworks, and movements since 1945, primary in Europe and the United States but with some consideration of global development. This course will analyze the formal elements and techniques of individual works of art in different media including painting, sculpture, photography, and video to digital technology, understand the artworks religious, historical, and cultural, and define the variety of styles of the traditions in art during Modern, Postmodern, and Contemporary periods.