Bassie Expressionism

Anguish, color, and the cry of modern humanity
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-78042-814-7
Verlag: Parkstone International
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 199 Seiten

Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Emil Nolde, E.L. Kirchner, Paul Klee, Franz Marc as well as the Austrians Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele were among the generation of highly individual artists who contributed to the vivid and often controversial new movement in early twentieth-century Germany and Austria: Expressionism. This publication introduces these artists and their work. The author, art historian Ashley Bassie, explains how Expressionist art led the way to a new, intense, evocative treatment of psychological, emotional and social themes in the early twentieth century. The book examines the developments of Expressionism and its key works, highlighting the often intensely subjective imagery and the aspirations and conflicts from which it emerged while focusing precisely on the artists of the movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bassie, Ashley

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;WHAT IS EXPRESSIONISM?;7
3;“GERMAN” ART?;13
3.1;Expressionism’s Origins and Sources;13
4;THE BODY AND NATURE;37
5;THE SELF AND THE PSYCHE;51
6;THE METROPOLIS AND MODERNITY;71
7;VISION AND THE SPIRIT;87
8;WAR AND REVOLUTION;103
9;THE END OF EXPRESSIONISM?;123
10;MAJOR ARTISTS;133
10.1;MAX BECKMANN (1884 Leipzig – 1950 New York);135
10.2;OTTO DIX (1891 Untermhaus bei Gera – 1969 Singen);140
10.3;GEORGE GROSZ (1893 Berlin – 1959 Berlin);147
10.4;WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866 Moscow – 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine);152
10.5;E.L. KIRCHNER (1880 Aschaffenburg – 1938 Frauenkirch);159
10.6;PAUL KLEE (1879 nr. Berne – 1940 Muralto);166
10.7;OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (1886 Pöchlarn an der Donau – 1980 Montreux);173
10.8;FRANZ MARC (1880 Munich – 1916 Verdun);179
10.9;EMIL NOLDE (1867 Nolde-1956 Seebüll);184
10.10;EGON SCHIELE (1890 Tulln – 1918 Vienna);190
11;Bibliography;196
12;Index;197