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expressionism
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ex·pres·sion·ism  (k-sprsh-nzm)
n.
A movement in the arts during the early part of the 20th century that emphasized subjective expression of the artist's inner experiences.

ex·pression·ist n.
ex·pression·istic adj.
ex·pression·isti·cal·ly adv.

expressionism [ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) (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
expressionist  n & adj
expressionistic  adj

Expressionism
a movement in the 20th century that attempted to express feeling and emotion directly by distorting forms, choosing violent subject matter and harsh colors, and keeping the overall design out of balance. — Expressionist, n.Expressionistic, adj.
See also: Art
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.expressionismexpressionism - an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality
art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles
neoexpressionism - an art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings
supra expressionism - a movement that tried to go beyond expressionism
Translations
expressionism [eksˈpreʃənɪzəm] Nexpresionismo m
expressionism [ɪkˈsprɛʃənɪzəm] nexpressionnisme m
expressionism
expressionism [ɪksˈprɛʃnɪzm] nespressionismo
expressionism [ɪksˈprɛʃnɪzm] nespressionismo


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The artist, accepting the limitations of his own technique, has produced a series of "preparatory" drawings and several finished decoys that distort the owl's features from expressionistically anxious one moment to cubistically cockeyed the next.
Christy's full-page paintings are rich with saturated color; his intense reds, especially, are expressionistically deployed to contrast with dramatic black.
The familial power play was brutally aboveboard as a rule in such earthy novels whereas in a bourgeois literary setting, even one magnified expressionistically by a Strindberg, it would remain devious and insidious.
 
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