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Expressionism

'Expressionism' was a cultural movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the start of the 20th century Its typical trait is to present the world under an utterly subjective perspective, violently distorting it to obtain an emotional effect and vividly transmit personal moods and ideas[1][2] Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning of "being alive"[3] and emotional experience rather than physical reality[3][4]Expressionism emerged as an 'avant-garde movement' in poetry and painting before the First World War; in the Weimar years was being appreciated by a mass audience,[1] having its popularity peak in Berlin, during the 1920sExpressionism is exhibited in many art forms, including: painting, literature, theatre, dance, film, architecture and music The term often implies emotional angst In a general sense, painters such as Matthias Grinewald and El Greco can be called expressionist, though in practice, the term is applied mainly to 20th century worksThe Expressionist stress on the individual perspective was also a reaction to positivism and other artistic movements such as naturalism and impressionism[5]Although it is used as a term of reference, there has never been a distinct movement that called itself "Expressionism", apart from the use of the term by Herwarth Walden in his polemic magazine Der Sturm in 1912 The term is usually linked to paintings and graphic work in Germany at the turn of the century which challenged the academic traditions, particularly through the Die Bricke and Der Blaue Reiter groups Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche played a key role in originating modern Expressionism by clarifying and serving as a conduit for previously neglected currents in ancient artIn The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche presented his theory of the ancient dualism between two types of aesthetic experience, namely the Apollonian and the Dionysian; a dualism between the plastic "art of sculpture", of lyrical dream-inspiration, identity (the principium individuationis), order, regularity, and calm repose, and, on the other hand, the non-plastic "art of music", of intoxication, forgetfulness, chaos, and the ecstatic dissolution of identity in the collective The analogy with the world of the Greek gods typifies the relationship between these extremes: two godsons, incompatible and yet inseparable According to Nietzsche, both elements are present in any work of art The basic characteristics of Expressionism are Dionysian: bold colours, distorted forms-in-dissolution, two-dimensional, without perspective[6]More generally the term refers to art that expresses intense emotion It is arguable that all artists are expressive but there is a long line of art production in which heavy emphasis is placed on communication through emotion

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Such art often occurs during time of social upheaval, and through the tradition of graphic art there is a powerful and moving record of chaos in Europe from the 15th century on the Protestant Reformation, German Peasants' War, Eight Years' War, Spanish Occupation of the Netherlands, the rape, pillage and disaster associated with countless periods of chaos and oppression are presented in the documents of the printmaker Often the work is unimpressive aesthetically, but almost without exception has the capacity to move the viewer to strong emotions with the drama and often horror of the scenes depictedThe term was also coined by Czech art historian Antonin Matjek in 1910 as the opposite of impressionism: "An Expressionist wishes, above all, to express himself


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