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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
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Translations expressionism n → Expressionismus m expressionism [ɪksˈprɛʃ/ənɪz/əm] n → espressionismo expressionism [ɪksˈprɛʃ/ənɪz/əm] n → espressionismo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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