Expressionism Reassessed
Manchester University Press
Published on 11. November 1993
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-7190-3843-3 (ISBN)
Description
Expressionism was one of the most important artistic movements of the early 20th century, helping to shape virtually all of the contemporary art forms of today. For artists, expressionism represented an abandonment of the constraints of a classical training, where they could explore their internal emotions, feelings and conflicts through their chosen art-form, celebrating the creativity of self-expression. Their work was marked by extremes - of anguish and ecstasy, delicacy and brutality; attraction and replusion - producing a sense of wild urgency. This artistic phenomenon, inspired by the tribal art of Africa, the vibrant colours of the Fauves, and medieval German woodcuts, captured the attention of artists throughout Europe. "Expressionism Reassessed" focuses on the multi-disciplinary development of expressionism, setting it in a cultural, political and historical context. The international team of specialists explore the many manifestations of this influential, yet loosely-defined, movement in painting, music, theatre, sculpture, film, opera, architecture and dance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
31 b&w illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-3843-3 (9780719038433)
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Content
Concepts, philosophy, geography - expressionism - a health warning, David Elliot; the philosophy of expressionism and the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk, Peter Vergo; expressionism in Scandinavia, Marit Werenskiold; expressionism in exile in Britain, J.M. Ritchie; the visual arts - metaphors of nature in early expressionist art, Gill Perry; expressionism and neue sachlichkeit, Wieland Schmied; expressionist film, Werner Sudendorf; expressionist sculpture, Erich Ranfft; expressionist architecture, Dennis Sharp; music - Schonenberg and definitions of musical expressionism, Stephen Hinton; the search for autonomy, Christopher Hailey; "Wilde Musik" - composers and critics, Peter Franklin; dance - expressionism and dance - a literary perspective, Manfred Kuxdorf; the body and dance - Kirchner's Swiss work, Colin Rhodes; theatre - religion and expressionist theatre, Raymond Furness; Kandinsky's "Violet", Shulamith Behr; Schreyer's theatre works and the use of masks, Brian Keith-Smith; culture and anarchy in expressionist drama, Rhys Williams.