EXPRESSIONISM Art Movement * Expressionism is a term that embraces an early 20th century style of art‚ music and literature that is charged with an emotional and spiritual vision of the world. * The expressionism movement emerged across various cities in Germany. * Expressionism was basically about expressing emotions through colours and exaggerated pictures. * The movement came about in response to human’s increasingly conflicting relationship with the world. * Painting
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German Expressionism There were two groups of German Expressionist movements. One was called Die Brucke (meaning "the bridge")‚ led by Kirchner. The other was called Der Blau Rieter ("the Blue Rider")‚ led by Kandinsky. Die Brucke ("The Bridge") Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938) |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |Self Portrait as a Soldier 1915 |Woman and Mirror 1912
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comparing the expressionist art movement with the cubist art movement. I will discuss some of the artists that made these movements a stepping-stone for the other movement that followed. I will look at Picasso and Kandinsky to name a couple. Expressionism‚ which began in 1905‚ was the term used for early 20th century art that conveyed emotional and spiritual preoccupations of the artist‚ using a variety of styles and subject matter (Arnason 124). These expressionist artists built on techniques
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Introduction to Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism started in America as a post World War II art movement. It was the first art movement that arose from America and put New York at the center of the art world. The term Abstract Expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by art critic Robert Coates. It is most commanly said that Surealism is it’s predecessor because of the use of spontaneous‚ automatic and subconscious creations. Abstract Expressionism gets its name from the
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distorted sets‚ actors using strange and dance-like movements and costumes and appearances tending to be over-exaggerated and outrageous (Horak‚ 2010‚ Moran‚ 2010‚ Read‚ 2010‚ Thompson and Bordwell‚ 2008). During this time‚ the culture of German Expressionism boomed as cinema-goers were excited and interested in the strange plots and film techniques which contrasted classical Hollywood films which were popular and increasingly emerging at the time (Thompson and Bordwell‚ 2009). Genres like fantasy‚
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Expressionism is an attempt to discover a technique and method which will express what the dramatist imagines the inner reality of his drama to be‚ more perfectly and impressively than any of the other dramatic styles of theatre are capable of doing. The dramatist attempts to show not objective but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events awaken in them. The Expressionist theatre movement developed in Germany around 1905. It was characterised by attempts to dramatise
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14 October 2012 Graphic Design Paper German Expressionism The Expressionism movement started in Germany in 1905 before World War 1 and ended in the late 1930s. Expressionism peaked in 1923. By the end of 1923‚ politically motivated attacks against modern art had begun‚ and Expressionist cinema began. Expressionist cinema was showed that cinema could also be an art form‚ and not just entertainment. Under the influence of German Expressionism artists‚ Germany became the most innovative and
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Expressionism and Contemporary Painting Name: Course: College: Tutor: Date: Table of Contents ABSTRACT 5 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 6 Introduction 6 Background of the study 7 Problem Statement 9 Significance of the Study 10 Objectives of the study 11 Scope of the study 11 Inspiration for the Research 13 Definition of Terms 14 Methodology 16 a) Quantitative data 16 b) Qualitative data 17 Research Structure 17 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 19 Introduction 19 Creativity 19 The Origin of Expressionism
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Djordje Janicijevic Sophie Treadwell’s play‚ Machinal is an expressionistic play written in 1928‚ depicting a life of young woman who can not adapt with people and environment around her. Expressionism‚ is an artistic style that originated in Germany at the end of the 19th century in which the artist aims to depict subjective perspective of the character through distortion and exaggeration of reality. Expressionist plays often amplify the inner awakening and suffering of the main character
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carries a lot of surprise to it. I also like it because the background blend of colors really makes it come alive! Abstract Expressionism 1) Abstract Expressionism emphasizes the depiction of emotions instead of objects. Most painters of this art favour large dramatic and loose brushwork. 2) Jackson Pollock ‚ George Seuret ‚ and wassily Kandinsky 2) George Seuret: George Seurat was
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