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Expressionism: The Fine Art of Feeling

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  • Expressionism: 1905-30

- use of distorted, exaggerated forms, and colors for emotional impact

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Die Brucke: Bridging the Gap

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  • found in 1905 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

- name manes bridge

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Kirchner: Life is a Cabaret

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  • his series of street scenes and cabaret dancers display the brutal angularity linked with expressionism
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Nolde: Unmasking the Demon Within

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  • Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

- he gave his human figures hideous, mask-like faces to suggest a deformed spirit

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Der Blaue Reiter: Color Alone

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  • leader was Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
  • found in Munich around 1911
  • Paul Klee (1879-1940)
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Kandinsky: Inventor of Abstract Art

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  • he was first to abandon any reference to recognize reality in his work
  • he discarded realism all together
  • he experimented with compositions and improvisations

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