Expressionism (Basic Art)

Expressionism (Basic Art)

<div id="description_text_headlines" class="margin-bottom"><strong>This visceral life: Seeing the world through Expressionist eyes</strong></div> <div class="margin-bottom"> </div> <div class="description_text"> <div id="description_text" class="margin-bottom">Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of <strong>Expressionism</strong>, the twentieth century movement that <strong>prioritized emotion over objective reality</strong>. Though particularly present in Germany and Austria, the movement’s approach flourished internationally and is today hailed as <strong>one of the most influential shifts in art history</strong>.<br /><br />With leading groups <strong>Die Brücke</strong> (The Bridge) and <strong>Der Blaue Reiter </strong>(The Blue Rider), and key players such as <strong>Wassily Kandinsky, Egon Schiele,</strong> and<strong> Emil Nolde</strong>,the Expressionists disowned Impressionism, which they regarded as “man lowered to the position of a gramophone record of the outer world”, to depict instead a <strong>raw and visceral experience </strong>of life as it was felt, rather than seen on the surface. Their paintings brim with emotive force, conveyed in particular through <strong>intense and non-naturalistic color palettes, loose brushwork, and thick textures.</strong><br /><br />Covering the group’s stylistic tendencies, influences, and most important protagonists, this introductory book explores the Expressionist panorama of moods, ideas, and emotions and their abiding quest for deep authenticity.</div> <div class="margin-bottom"> </div> <div id="series_text" class="margin-bottom"><strong>About the series:</strong><br />Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre series features: <ul> <li>approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions</li> <li>a detailed illustrated introduction plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural, and social events that took place during that period</li> <li>a selection of the most important works of the epoch, each presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as well as a portrait and brief biography of the artist</li> </ul> </div> </div>