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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EXPRESSIONISM Art Movement * Expressionism is a term that embraces an early 20th century style of art‚ music and literature that is charged with an emotional and spiritual vision of the world. * The expressionism movement emerged across various cities in Germany. * Expressionism was basically about expressing emotions through colours and exaggerated pictures. * The movement came about in response to human’s increasingly conflicting relationship with the world. * Painting
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The Expressionistic Devices in Death of a Salesman Musical Motifs From the opening flute notes to their final reprise‚ Miller’s musical themes express the competing influences in Willy Loman’s mind. Once established‚ the themes need only be sounded to evoke certain time frames‚ emotions‚ and values. The first sounds of the drama‚ the flute notes "small and fine‚" represent the grass‚ trees‚ and horizon - objects of Willy’s (and Biff’s) longing that are tellingly absent from the overshadowed
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How important was Weimar Cinema to the Development of the German Film Industry? The cinema of the early 20th century saw a vast rise in popularity of the film industry across the world and especially so in Germany after the early development of moving pictures had surfaced at the very end of the 19th century. One of the most significant influences in the film industry was of course the advancement of technology. The reason for this is that Thomas Edison invented his “Kinetoscope” in 1891 and
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German Expressionism Edward Scissorhands vs. Donnie Darko Edward Scissorhands and Donnie Darko are such good examples when talking about _GERMAN_ _EXPRESSIONISM_ . Both films are extremely different‚ but using the same techniques. Both film have many similarities with the classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. In matter of the case set design‚ colour‚ camera techniques and sound are going to be the subjects. Edward Scissorhands (1990) Directed by Tim Burton. Donnie Darko (2001) Directed by Richard
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Expressionism is an attempt to discover a technique and method which will express what the dramatist imagines the inner reality of his drama to be‚ more perfectly and impressively than any of the other dramatic styles of theatre are capable of doing. The dramatist attempts to show not objective but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events awaken in them. The Expressionist theatre movement developed in Germany around 1905. It was characterised by attempts to dramatise
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Introduction to Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism started in America as a post World War II art movement. It was the first art movement that arose from America and put New York at the center of the art world. The term Abstract Expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by art critic Robert Coates. It is most commanly said that Surealism is it’s predecessor because of the use of spontaneous‚ automatic and subconscious creations. Abstract Expressionism gets its name from the
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German Expressionism: “Nosferatu” vs. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” German expressionism is a movement that started post World War 1‚ and before the Second World War. It used a unique technique of shadowing and distinctive camera angles. The films during the movement told stories that mimicked the forbidding reality of the German’s life. For example‚ in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari‚” the set design was painted to get the specific diagonals and claustrophobic atmosphere. Throughout the film‚ the
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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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Expressionism and Contemporary Painting Name: Course: College: Tutor: Date: Table of Contents ABSTRACT 5 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 6 Introduction 6 Background of the study 7 Problem Statement 9 Significance of the Study 10 Objectives of the study 11 Scope of the study 11 Inspiration for the Research 13 Definition of Terms 14 Methodology 16 a) Quantitative data 16 b) Qualitative data 17 Research Structure 17 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 19 Introduction 19 Creativity 19 The Origin of Expressionism
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