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GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM

GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM. A presentation from Joy Velasco AP EURO Mr. Sink 12/29/2014. WHAT IS IT?. Pre WWII movement from 1905-1935 inspiration from fauvism and post-impressionism Included painters, thinkers, and writers More of a social/political mindset that emphasized change in society

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GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM

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  1. GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM A presentation from Joy Velasco AP EURO Mr. Sink 12/29/2014

  2. WHAT IS IT? • Pre WWII movement from 1905-1935 • inspiration from fauvism and post-impressionism • Included painters, thinkers, and writers • More of a social/political mindset that emphasized change in society • Embodied the changes in Germany at the time

  3. German expressionism sought to “arouse man against his temporal masters by constantly reminding him of his inalienable humanity”. (Thanks, Mr. Adolf D. Klarmann for writing about German Expressionism) (You’re a homie)

  4. CHARACTERISTICS • distortion, little emphasis on harmony • colorful • agitated brushstrokes • art style differs from artist to artist. no one, uniform way to paint like an expressionist • attempts to depict emotion

  5. Max Beckmann, “The Night” 1918-1919 (is usually classified as Expressionist but he rejects the term and movement)

  6. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, “Fränzi in front of Carved Chair” 1910

  7. Otto Dix, “Prague Street” 1920

  8. Edvard Munch, “The Scream” 1893 Although not actually German (he’s from ye olde Norway), Munch is often associated with the Expressionists.

  9. Lyonel Feininger, “Gaberndorf II” 1924 Look! A German-American!

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