Ancient Greek Art - Definition of expressionism
Index: I. Definition of Expressionism 2 II. Origin of the term 4 III. List of Expressionism artists 7 IV. Before Expressionism 9 V. After Expressionism 10 VI. Some of the most famous expressionist art works 13 VII. References 17
Definition of expressionism
E xpressionism has meant different things at different times.in the sense we use the term today certainly when we speak of “German expressionism”, it refers to a broad, cultural movement that emerged from Germany and Austria in the early 20th century. Yet expressionism is complex and contradictory. It encompassed the liberation of the body as much as the excavation of the psyche. Within its motley ranks could be found political apathy, even chauvinism as well as revolutionary commitment.
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. It’s typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionism was developed as an avant-garde style before the First World War. It remained popular during the Weimar Republic, particularly in Berlin. The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including painting, literature, theatre, dance, film, architecture and music. Expressionism took two major forms in Europe, including Fauvism and German Expressionism. Honour and Fleming describe the difference between the Germans and the French in the first decade of the 20th century:
“Even more subjective than
Definition of expressionism
E xpressionism has meant different things at different times.in the sense we use the term today certainly when we speak of “German expressionism”, it refers to a broad, cultural movement that emerged from Germany and Austria in the early 20th century. Yet expressionism is complex and contradictory. It encompassed the liberation of the body as much as the excavation of the psyche. Within its motley ranks could be found political apathy, even chauvinism as well as revolutionary commitment.
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. It’s typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionism was developed as an avant-garde style before the First World War. It remained popular during the Weimar Republic, particularly in Berlin. The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including painting, literature, theatre, dance, film, architecture and music. Expressionism took two major forms in Europe, including Fauvism and German Expressionism. Honour and Fleming describe the difference between the Germans and the French in the first decade of the 20th century:
“Even more subjective than
References: * ^ Chris Baldick Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, entry for Expressionism * ^ a b Victorino Tejera, 1966, pages 85,140, Art and Human Intelligence, Vision Press Limited, London * ^ The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, 1976 edition, page 294 * ^ Garzanti, Aldo (1974) [1972] (in Italian) * ^ John Willett, Expressionism. New York: World University Library, 1970, p.25; Richard Sheppard, "German Expressionism", in Modernism:1890-1930, ed. Bradbury & McFarlane, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p.274. * ^ cited in Donald E. Gordon, Expressionism: Art and Ideas. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987, p. 175. * ^ Sherrill E. Grace, Regression and Apacaypse: Studies in North American Literary Expressionism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989, p.26).