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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Modern Art & Ideas by The Museum of Modern Art

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About the Course

Modern Art & Ideas is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. You will look at art through a variety of themes, including Places and Spaces, Art and Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art and Society. Each week kicks off with a video that connects key works of art to the theme. You’ll also have access to interviews with artists, designers, and others who speak about their materials, processes, and sources of inspiration. Through the discussion forum prompts you will also have the opportunity to connect with other learners and explore how these themes resonate with you....

Top reviews

AM

Jan 15, 2018

It has been a very wonderful course. I love the museum as a cultural space and now I love it more for its commitment to online education and giving us the opportunity to learn in different countries.

TT

Jun 8, 2020

Really enjoyed this course! Well organized/developed, and even for a museum buff, like me, offered great ideas, and perspectives in ‘looking’ and ‘understanding’ art, and particular artist’s process.

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By refqa s

Mar 11, 2024

Interessante e ben strutturato

By Clara M

Oct 5, 2020

Very complete and inspiring

By Maria M S G

Aug 12, 2020

Me encanto y aprendí mucho.

By Ema E Y

Sep 1, 2019

me gustaria mas pruebas

By Luke R

Jan 14, 2019

Very insightful course.

By Hyun-Woo L

Nov 25, 2015

I've just started, but

By Tina T

Jul 12, 2021

It is a good Course

By Preethy A M

Sep 13, 2017

I liked the course.

By Patricia

Jul 15, 2020

Interesting Class.

By Sijie H

Mar 1, 2019

Very nice classes!

By Willem F

Jul 19, 2017

so far really good

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Jan 25, 2025

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By Sandra P C

Mar 19, 2016

Great material!

By Bianca P A I

Apr 19, 2022

many lectures

By David D S ( D

Jul 3, 2020

muy buen curso

By Neelam B

Jun 3, 2024

good content.

By Pavan p

May 18, 2020

Learned a lot

By Manojkumar P

Dec 29, 2015

Nice Course

By AESHAH H I J A A H I J A

Mar 13, 2025

good

By SNEHANJALI S

Feb 28, 2025

Good

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Sep 25, 2024

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Nov 17, 2022

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Jun 12, 2021

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By Kate

Dec 26, 2015

This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art.

The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers.

Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art.

Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge?

On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score.

Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art.

By Felix C

Jan 2, 2017

I very much enjoyed the setup of the course, that is the short introduction and then the discussion of different artworks per theme. However, I must say that I expected the course to be more thorough in the discussion of the different themes and artworks. I believe the course would benefit from a more in depth discussions of the artworks. This could for example include more background information about the artist or a comparison of different pieces by the same artist to better understand the artists' views and development through history. Such additions would elevate the level of the course and also help identify certain themes and events that often recur in art. To conclude, it was a very enjoyable course that help grasp basic concepts of modern art.