Expressionism Definition

eksprezhənizəm, iksprezhənizəm
noun
An early 20th-cent. movement in art, literature, and drama, characterized by distortion of reality and the use of symbols, stylization, etc. to give objective expression to inner experience.
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A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music.

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Expressionism Sentence Examples

  • Setch is one of a generation of leading British artists whose work was fundamentally affected by American abstract expressionism in the late 1950s.

  • Abstract expressionism was a New York painting movement of the 1940's with its artistic roots based upon abstract art.

  • Michael Curtiz was a director who came from Europe, influenced by German expressionism, therefore the lighting was expressionistic.

  • A Norwegian painter who helped develop expressionism, most of Munch's work is centered on anxiety, sadness, and mourning, basing much of his art on his early childhood experiences of losing both parents and two siblings.

  • Unfortunately, they brought many of their artistic ideals with them - including expressionism.

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