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Expressionism
[ ik-spresh-uh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- Fine Arts.
- (usually lowercase) a manner of painting, drawing, sculpting, etc., in which forms derived from nature are distorted or exaggerated and colors are intensified for emotive or expressive purposes.
- a style of art developed in the 20th century, characterized chiefly by heavy, often black lines that define forms, sharply contrasting, often vivid colors, and subjective or symbolic treatment of thematic material.
- German ····Ծ·ܲ [eks-p, r, es-ee-oh-, nis, -m, oo, s]. modern art, especially the experimental or nonacademic styles of contemporary art.
- (often lowercase) Theater. a style of playwriting and stage presentation stressing the emotional content of a play, the subjective reactions of the characters, symbolic or abstract representations of reality, and nonnaturalistic techniques of scenic design.
- Literature. a technique of distorting objects and events in order to represent them as they are perceived by a character in a literary work.
- (usually lowercase) a phase in the development of early 20th-century music marked by the use of atonality and complex, unconventional rhythm, melody, and form, intended to express the composer's psychological and emotional life.
expressionism
/ ɪˈɛʃəˌɪə /
noun
- sometimes capital an artistic and literary movement originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, which sought to express emotions rather than to represent external reality: characterized by the use of symbolism and of exaggeration and distortion
expressionism
- An artistic style that departs from the conventions of realism (see also realism ) and naturalism (see also naturalism ) and seeks to convey inner experience by distorting rather than directly representing natural images. The highly personal visions communicated in the paintings of Vincent van Gogh are early examples of expressionism. Edvard Munch and Georges Rouault are considered expressionist painters.
Derived Forms
- ˌDzˈپ, adjective
- ˈDzԾ, nounadjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ··Dz· noun adjective
- ··Dz··پ [ik-spresh-, uh, -, nis, -tik], adjective
- ··Dz··پ·· adverb
- ·پ···Dz· noun
- ·پ···Dz· noun adjective
- ·پ···Dz··پ adjective
- ԴDz···Dz··پ adjective
- ···Dz· noun
- ···Dz· noun adjective
- ···Dz··پ adjective
- ····Dz··پ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Expressionism1
Example Sentences
What sets Ferran apart is the way she balances the play’s poetry and realism, moving with lightning reflexes from crushing naturalism to bold expressionism.
From abstract expressionism to pop art, the collection at the museum serves as a time capsule of pivotal artistic movements.
“She was influenced by abstract expressionism, and she was influenced by the people at the time who were also painting in the neo-expressionist movement,” Casselli said.
Murnau’s film, subtitled “A Symphony of Horror,” soon came to be regarded as a masterwork in its own right, a high-water mark of German Expressionism and a template for future vampire movies.
You introduced me to German Expressionism and Lubitsch and Hitchcock and such a broad collection of mostly classic and older films.
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