German Expressionist Woodcuts (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

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Thus, German Expressionism can be linked to various other contemporary movements who all shared the same goal of dismantling traditional society. a b c Roger Manvell. Henrik Galeen – Films as writer:, Other films. Film Reference . Retrieved 23 April 2009. Art today is moving in directions of which our forebears had no inkling. The Horsemen of the Apocalypse are heard galloping through the air,” Marc wrote of this heady moment in his 1912 Der Blaue Reiter manifesto. “Artistic excitement can be felt all over Europe—new artists are signalling to one another from all sides.” Like Marc, Wassily Kandinsky believed in art’s ability to express the metaphysical realm, and saw color as a key tool in this pursuit. “Color is a power which directly influences the soul,” he wrote in his seminal treatise On the Spiritual in Art (1911), also penned the same year Der Blaue Reiter was established. The text outlines a new approach to artmaking based on the fusion of abstract forms and color symbolism—both, he asserted, had the “power of inner suggestion.” For instance, he thought blue stimulated spirituality, while yellow had the power to disturb. Paret, Peter. An Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933–38. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

a b Telotte, J.P. "German Expressionism: A Cinematic/ Cultural Problem" in Traditions in World Cinema. (ed. Badley, et al.), 2006, p.21 Schiefler, Gustav, and Christel Mosel. Emil Nolde: Das graphische Werk. 2 vols. Cologne: DuMont, 1995.Methods of printing [ edit ] The Crab that played with the sea, Woodcut by Rudyard Kipling illustrating one of his Just So Stories (1902). In mixed white-line (below) and normal woodcut (above).

German Expressionist Cinema is perhaps one of the most identifiable styles of cinema. Taking inspiration from Expressionist paintings, these films attempted to present their subjects through their personal and subjective experience.

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This film existed as another prominent film within German Expressionist Cinema and was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1927. This is considered one of the most well-known silent films to come out of this era and depicts a society utterly divided by class and wealth. Metropolis tells the story of a dystopian future, where the wealthy ruling class exists in the upper city, and the poor working-class exist below ground. An Introduction to German Expressionist Films". artnet News. 26 December 2013 . Retrieved 20 January 2017. Ives, C F (1974). The Great Wave: The Influence of Japanese Woodcuts on French Prints. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-098-4.