art appreciation

Art Appreciation
EXPRESSIO
NISM
Margelyn buaga
santiago
John brix espinocilla
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What is
Expressionism?
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 What is
Art appreciation

Expressionism?
• Expressionism is signifying the use of distortion and exaggeration • Most related to Germany in 1910
by the expressionist to exemplify an event. • Started as German Expressionism
• Late 19th and early 20th century. • Was a reaction to Impressionism, can also be
• This was the time right around World War One. noted as “Post-Impressionism”
• Focused on schools of emotive and interpretive art.
• Expressionism art didn't only focus on painting
• Played a large role in cinema, theatre, literature and dance

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IMPRESSIONIST VS
EXPRESSIONIST
• Impressionists
to recreate
tried
an
• Expressionism dealt with artists
own personality,
emotions.
feelings and

• Expressionists had no desire to

impression of the capture what they saw, but rather
objective world. their emotional response to it.
• More active, and subjective type of
art.

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History

Expressionism
• FIRST signs of expressionism was in the Fauvism • Expressionism developed with three main
movement – 1905. groups; Die Brucke (The Bridge), Der Blaue
• The general characteristics could also be seen in Van Reiter (The Blue Rider) and Die Neue
Gogh at first. Sachlichkeit (“the New Objectivity). Later
• Started to use pure colors. Agitated brush marks. Discussed.
Distortion of shapes.

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Philippine
EXPRESSIO
NISM
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AMELIA
LAPEÑA-
BONIFACIO
National Artist for Theater
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PAUL DUMOL
Philippine playwright, historian and educator
ART APPRECIATION Hindi ninyo nauunawaan ang kirot ng
paghihiwalay. Hindi ninyo nauunawaan ang
kirot ng pag-iisa. Sol! ITO'Y KAMATAYAN.
Araw-araw umuupo sa bangketa,
PAGLILITI binabantayan ang nagdaraang mga tao,
S NI nagmamakaawa, nagpapalimos, Diyos ko!

MANG
Paul Dumol
PABAYAAN NAMAN NINYONG ILIGTAS
KO ANG AKING SARILI MULA SA
SERAPIO PAGKABULOK! Nabubulok na balat,
nabubulok na kamay, nabubulok na laman,
nabubulok na ugat, nabubulok na buto.
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General Style
EXPRESSIO
NISM
E mo tio ns a nd f e e l i n gs Vi vi d an d u n-natu ral i st ic colo rs D ynamic a nd d istorte d
forms
E xaggeration of form which adds to the emotional effec t

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Edvard Munch
MUNCH
• One of the earliest artists.
• 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944
• Norwegian
• Pioneer in the expressionist movement in
modern painting.
• Inspires present day artists
• Father was Christian Munch whose wife
died when Edvard was only five years
old. This had a big impact on his
expression of emotion.
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MUNCH
Styles
• Strong sense of emotion
• Most pieces: orange-red bright
colors.
• Used against black to bring more
contrast from colors.
• Often depict image of death or
suffering.
Contributio
ns • Did many woodcuts, lithographs,
and etchings.
• This is important because he‟s
bringing new tools into the art
world.
• Brings in a more graphic style.
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PUBERTY-1894 MADONNA-
THE SCREAM- 1894
1893
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THE VAMPIRE- THE SICK

1893-1894 CHILD- 1907
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Three Main Groups

EXPRESSIO
D ie B r uc k e
NISM
D e r B la u e R e ite r D ie Neue Sachlich keit

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DIE
BRUCK
• Means: The Bridge. • This group combined traditional German
• Symbolizes the link, or bridge, they would art with African, Post-Impressionist and
form with art of the future. Fauvist styles.

E
• Founded in Dresden, Germany in 1905 by • Consisted of paintings, woodcuts,
a group of young architecture students sculptures, and even lithographic prints.
who had interest in art. • Attempted to express emotional feeling A Group of Artists: Otto Mueller,
• First cohesive group of German artists to through distortion, exageration, color, Kirchner, Heckel, Schmidt-
concentrate on expressionist styles and line. Rottluff
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Ernst Ludwig
KIRCHN
ER
Background
• Born on May 6, 1880 in Aschaffenburg.
• Studied at a technical college until he
Style
• Flat
• Bold Colors
saw Albrecht Dürer's original • Faces  People
woodblocks, which made him decide to
become a painter.
• Founder of “Die Bruke” and considered
the leader of the group as well.
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STREET, DRESDEN 1908 MARCELLA-

1909
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STREET, SELF PORTRAIT AS A

BERLIN- 1913 SOLDIER- 1915
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Emil
NOLDE
• Part of Die Brucke
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STILL LIFE WITH PROPHET-1912

MASK-1911
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DER BLEAU • Means “The Blue Rider”

• Believed that colors and
REITER 1911- shapes were a way of
mimicking music and sound

1914 • Focused on creating color

combinations that would
purify the soul

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Wassily
KANDIN
SKY
• Born in Moscow in 1866
• Fascinated by colors in nature
• Studied music, law and economics before
deciding to become a painter
• Went to art school in Munich, Germany
• Started The Blue Rider movement with
Franz Marc
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Contributions
• Moved back to Russia once
World War I started
• Moved back to Germany after
the war to teach at the Bauhaus
• In 1933 when the Nazis came to
power he moved to France
• He continued to make art until
his death in 1944
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FLOOD
IMPROVISATION-
1913
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Franz
MARC
• Born 1880
• Cofounded Der Blaeu Reiter
• Began using abstract animal forms in his
art
• Died at the age of 36 in World War I
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THE YELLOW COW- THE LARGE BLUE

1911 HORSES-1911
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DIE NEUE
SACLICHKEIT
• Means “The New Objectivity”
• Founded in Germany
• 1920‟s – 1930‟s
• After math of World War One
• Founded by George Grosz and Otto Dix
• Realistic Style combined with a cynical
and socially critical stance.
• German meaning is “a new reality”
• Movement focused on the post-war life.
• Focused some on faces and majorly on
architecture.
• Cityscapes were often created, involving
streets and busy intersections with large
buildings.
• Many say that this created a new mental
relation with the objects.
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Otto
DIX
• Born 1891
• Participated in the first DADA art fair
• German expressionist
• Sketched and painted for the entirety of
his life
• Focused a lot on the war
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THE MATCH SKAT TO BEAUTY-

SELLER-1920 PLAYERS-1920 1922
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THE WAR TRIPTYCH- FLANDERS-1934

1929-1932
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Max
BECKM
AN
• Beckmann differed from normal
expressionism: emotional realism.
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CHRIST AND THE

WOMAN TAKEN IN THE NIGHT-1918-1919
ADULTERY-1917
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DO YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS?
“The artist sees what others only catch
a glimpse of. ”
-Leonardo da Vinci
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