The purpose of this study is to learn the history of art of the first half of the twentieth century (1900-1950), focusing on European based art movements such as Post Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Metaphysical, German and Austrian Expressionism, Bauhaus, Russian Avant Garde, De Stijl, Dada, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. The influence of these movements on American art will be addressed including the Armory show, Harlem Renaissance, Social Realism, women and surrealism and women and abstract art.