Since the 1870s, modern sculptors have dramatically transformed their medium, pioneering new forms of figuration and abstraction, investigating new materials and processes, and developing installation and site-specific art. With a focus on Europe and the U.S. through the 1980s, expanding to global trends of recent decades, this course examines how this happened, considering the work of major artists from Rodin, Matisse, Picasso, and Brancusi to Donald Judd, Eva Hesse, Anish Kapoor, Jeff Koons, and David Hammons. This course is offered at the 300 and 500 level with additional assignments at the 500 level. Not open to students with credit in HA 571. Prerequisite: HA 100, HA 151, or the equivalent, or consent of instructor.