German Expressionism and Tim Burton Tim Burton’s films have often been noted as modern day forms of German expressionism (the creative movement in Germany before World War I). It is through such things as sets‚ themes‚ makeup and costuming‚ lighting and shadows‚ acting techniques‚ and character that we can see Burton has been widely influenced by films of the era. The notable director’s films Edward Scissorhands (1990)‚ Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)‚ Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992)‚
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Reflection Activity: Expressionist Music and Jazz Expressionism is an artistic movement that stresses intense and subjective emotion. Artists that use expressionism usually focus on their inner feelings instead of depicting outward appearances. Expressionism is an art concerned with social protest. Some characteristics of expressionist music are that it is episodic with a fragmentary form. It involves a great emotional magnitude. Also‚ it is discontinuous. Most expressionist works stress harsh dissonance
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Shapes and geometrical figures were first introduced by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians around 2000BC‚ artists would think that it is the immature version of cubism. However‚ it was not a very popular form of art since before the 20th century; art was recognized as imitation of nature. Painting and portraits were created to look as realistic as possible‚ mimicking the three dimensional form. Artists painted using the flamboyant fauvism style. The style was first defied by the French postimpressionist
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that were popularized in the twentieth century were cubism and fauvism. Cubism and fauvism are two very different styles of modern art that were used widely throughout the twentieth century. The introduction of cubism as a major style of art dealt away with the prevailing procedure in painting. Rather than creating a scene in a linear perspective from the audience’s point of view‚ cubism attempted to show an object from all sides at once. Cubism
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! Paul Cézanne and His Influence on Cubism ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kevin Estrada Jr ARH 200-01 Prof. Fran Smulcheski 16 April 2014 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Cubism can be‚ and has been‚ defined as the world’s first style of abstract art. From it’s lack of landscapes and foreshortening to the multitude of geometric forms‚ Cubist art can be quiet hard to analyze. An abundance of geometric shapes and monochromatic colors can blur the object “in focus”‚ and it’s lack
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Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism began in the 1940’s in New York and flourished in the 1950’s‚ making New York the centre of the art world. This meant that Paris was no longer the art capital of the world. Abstract Expressionism came at a bad time as it was during World War II and many of the artist in Europe evacuated to the sates which was another big reason New York became so popular to artists. Some distinguished artists who moved to New York were‚ Max Ernst‚ Piet Mondrain and Leo
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Abstract Art & Expressionism in America Abstract art expressionism is mostly known as the experimental‚ free expression‚ nonrepresentational painting marked by spontaneous expressions. Abstract became and intuitive painting technique producing a non-formal work of art characterized by non-symmetrical lines. Abstract Expressionism is not only a term used to describe a form of art; it’s also a New York school of painting recognizable by free spirited created abstractions. Abstract Expressionism later became
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Germany. The castle of Count Dracula is plagued in mystery and all of the townsfolk are scared to even approach it. Slowly‚ Harker begins to realize that Count Dracula is a vampire‚ or Nosferatu (Bird of Death). To go a quick tangent about German Expressionism
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Fauvism‚ Expressionism‚ and Cubism Expressionism as an art form could be loosely defined as a movement of artist’s that wanted to break free from the conventional art movements of the time and express themselves individually‚ free from the constraints of their fellow artist’s ideals. They wanted to be able to express emotion and feeling in their work. The work that falls under the classification of expressionism is widely varied in its style and appearance. Some elements of expressionism were particularly
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Norman Lewis “… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education‚ was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis Norman Lewis‚ leading African American artist and prominent member of the Abstract Expressionism movement‚ was born on July 23‚ 1909‚ in Harlem‚ New York. At an early age‚ Mr. Lewis became keenly aware of racial tension as he and his parents resided in a mostly Italian and Jewish neighborhood. At the age of nine‚ Norman Lewis discovered that
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