The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 142 - 143 Flashcards
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Expressionism: The Fine Art of Feeling
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- Expressionism: 1905-30
- use of distorted, exaggerated forms, and colors for emotional impact
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Die Brucke: Bridging the Gap
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- found in 1905 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
- name manes bridge
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Kirchner: Life is a Cabaret
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- his series of street scenes and cabaret dancers display the brutal angularity linked with expressionism
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Nolde: Unmasking the Demon Within
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- Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
- he gave his human figures hideous, mask-like faces to suggest a deformed spirit
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Der Blaue Reiter: Color Alone
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- leader was Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
- found in Munich around 1911
- Paul Klee (1879-1940)
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Kandinsky: Inventor of Abstract Art
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- he was first to abandon any reference to recognize reality in his work
- he discarded realism all together
- he experimented with compositions and improvisations
