A history of modern art in 73 lectures: lecture 42 (Der Blaue Reiter / German Expressionism)

Lecture nine (first half) of the course 'Modernity and its Discontents'. This lecture completes discussion of Der Blaue Reiter and considers various other German and Austrian artists as part of an analysis of German Expressionism. Before listening to other lectures please review lecture 1 of the master sequence for a brief overview of the entire lecture series, and for an on-screen list of the contents of each lecture which can serve as an index (pause to read). The consolidated list of lectures in the course 'Modernity and its Discontents' which follows below helps give an overview of their individual content, and enables users to find specific lectures that might cover topics they have a particular interest in. Sometimes a topic will be treated over several lectures, in part because sound files often present a two hour session as two one hour segments. Lectures have a number and letter at the end of their identifying code to indicate their place within this specific course, but they have also been given a number (at the start of the code) to indicate their place within the master sequence of the whole series:

27MaiD1A: Overview of course aims, methods and assignments – most online users would likely want to skip this lecture.
28MaiD1B: Introduction to this course, with some background on earlier art.
29MaiD2: Futurism.
30MaiD3A: Futurism continued.
31MaiD3B: Futurism continued, plus (from 30:00) Kandinsky (early work).
32MaiD4A: Kandinsky (route to abstraction).
33MaiD4B: Kandinsky (later work).
34MaiD5A: Mondrian (early work and route to abstraction).
35MaiD5B: Mondrian – mature work
36MaiD6A: Mondrian (later work), and De Stijl.
37MaiD6B: Russian art and the Revolution.
38MaiD7A: Russian art and the Revolution (continued).
39MaiD7B: German Expressionism (Die Brücke).
40MaiD8A: German Expressionism (Die Brücke continued).
41MaiD8B: German Expressionism (Der Blaue Reiter).
42MaiD9A: German Expressionism (Der Blaue Reiter again and other artists).
43MaiD9B: Chinese art in the Maoist era.
44MaiD10A: Dada (including Duchamp).
45MaiD10B: Dada continued.
46MaiD11A: De Chirico, Surrealism (Ernst).
47MaiD11B: Surrealism (Ernst).
48MaiD12A: Surrealism (Miro).
49MaiD12B: Surrealism (Magritte, Dali, etc.).