The film “Nosferatu” is a horror story about a vampire and its relationship with a young couple. The film is a product of German expressionism and uses misshapen views of reality‚ symbolism‚ eroticism and shadows to enhance the dark mood of the film. German expressionists‚ through certain patterns and styles‚ sought to show that reality could be seen through emotion. Their intent was to arouse feelings in their audience‚ for example through the use of vibrant colors and shapes or distortion. Many
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Assignment 1 I have to say that the Night Café by Vincent van Gogh on page 17 is my favorite work so far. The contrast of warm and cool colors are amazing. They present the perfect equilibrium for this painting. They kind of put me in the mood to listen to some blues or jazz while gazing upon the painting. I can imagine a stage‚ at the bottom right of the painting‚ with a saxophonist playing. As I observe‚ I can’t help but notice the lone man next to the couple asleep and the two buddies on the
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the inspiration of different film movements since the development of motion picture. In particular‚ there is one film movement that has influenced other film styles such as film noir and horror. Hidden in the shadows of the film industry‚ German Expressionism began from darkness‚ created specific film traits‚ and challenged perspectives of society. Engulfed with chaos in Europe‚ Germany had suffered a humiliating defeat. Author George Huaco‚ in his book‚ The Sociology of Film Art‚ explains after World
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Gough Whitlam Gough Whitlam was a man who achieved many things during his time as prime minister‚ but was also the only prime minister to be sacked by the governor general in all of history. As well as outlining Whitlam’s significance and contribution to Australia‚ I will also recognise how he went wrong‚ and what he did that got him removed from parliament. Edward Gough Whitlam was born in 1916 in Melbourne. At 56‚ he became the 21st prime minister of Australia‚ which lasted for approximately
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ARTISTS OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM Abstract In a previous essay‚ three different artists and their Abstract Expressionism pieces were discussed along with descriptions of their artwork and a look into their personal philosophies of art. The previous discussion also covered an explanation of the circumstances in which the pieces fit in with the time period and the environment of that time period. The following essay continues with the comparison of the form‚ content of the subject matter of the
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Djordje Janicijevic Sophie Treadwell’s play‚ Machinal is an expressionistic play written in 1928‚ depicting a life of young woman who can not adapt with people and environment around her. Expressionism‚ is an artistic style that originated in Germany at the end of the 19th century in which the artist aims to depict subjective perspective of the character through distortion and exaggeration of reality. Expressionist plays often amplify the inner awakening and suffering of the main character
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Oceania are taught what to think and what do out of the threat of unspeakable punishment. People cannot even write anything un-government related‚ without the fear of death. Freedom of expression is also needed to remain human because the spread of expressionism goes hand in hand with the culture of a nation. Without expression related culture there is no art‚ and no media‚ and such the people are more like robots than anything. Without the freedom of expression there is no voice people cannot spread their
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’Peripetie’ from five orchestral pieces is an atonal (no significant key signature) Expressionist piece of music written by Austrian composer Schoenberg (who is associated with the expressionist movement of the early twentieth century and was the founder of the second Viennese school of music). It was composed in 1909‚ written for a big orchestra‚ made up of mainly flutes oboes clarinets and bassoons. Additionally some other brass instruments and percussion play in the piece such as the trumpet
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comparing the expressionist art movement with the cubist art movement. I will discuss some of the artists that made these movements a stepping-stone for the other movement that followed. I will look at Picasso and Kandinsky to name a couple. Expressionism‚ which began in 1905‚ was the term used for early 20th century art that conveyed emotional and spiritual preoccupations of the artist‚ using a variety of styles and subject matter (Arnason 124). These expressionist artists built on techniques
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German Expressionism was a movement that started at around the beginning of the 20th century. It has many traits but the main ones being‚ trying to present the world from a single subjective perspective. Sometimes distorting it to evoke emotion‚ moods and ideas. Expressionism was mainly an artistic outlet before taking its place in film. It was used as a method of disposing with aesthetically pleasing works and focusing more on the abstract. The artist would often use bright‚ clashing colors‚ messy
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