ART HIS 23Modern Art
Art History · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
ART HIS 23
- ART HIS 127BEuropean Art of 19th Century
- ART HIS 130Selected Topics in Modern Art
- ART HIS C131AContemporary Art, 1940s to 1950s
- ART HIS C131BContemporary Art, 1960s to 1970s
- ART HIS C131CContemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s
- ART HIS 132Selected Topics in Contemporary Art
- ART HIS C231AContemporary Art, 1940s to 1950s
- ART HIS C231BContemporary Art, 1960s to 1970s
- ART HIS C231CContemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s
9 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 9 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.