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 their work and places it within the cultural contexts and wider movements of the period.
The author, independent 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.
Author(s): Ashley Bassie
Series: Art of Century Collection
Publisher: Parkstone Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 200
Tags: Искусство и искусствоведение;Изобразительное искусство;История изобразительного искусства;
Contents......Page 5
WHAT IS EXPRESSIONISM?......Page 7
Expressionism’s Origins and Sources......Page 13
THE BODY AND NATURE......Page 37
THE SELF AND THE PSYCHE......Page 51
THE METROPOLIS AND MODERNITY......Page 71
VISION AND THE SPIRIT......Page 87
WAR AND REVOLUTION......Page 103
THE END OF EXPRESSIONISM?......Page 123
MAJOR ARTISTS......Page 133
MAX BECKMANN (1884 Leipzig – 1950 New York)......Page 135
OTTO DIX (1891 Untermhaus bei Gera – 1969 Singen)......Page 140
GEORGE GROSZ (1893 Berlin – 1959 Berlin)......Page 147
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866 Moscow – 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine)......Page 152
E.L. KIRCHNER (1880 Aschaffenburg – 1938 Frauenkirch)......Page 159
PAUL KLEE (1879 nr. Berne – 1940 Muralto)......Page 166
OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (1886 Pöchlarn an der Donau – 1980 Montreux)......Page 173
FRANZ MARC (1880 Munich – 1916 Verdun)......Page 179
EMIL NOLDE (1867 Nolde-1956 Seebüll)......Page 184
EGON SCHIELE (1890 Tulln – 1918 Vienna)......Page 190
Bibliography......Page 196
Index......Page 197
