Expressionism

Ballenger 2015

Visual Arts

• Several groups of artists in Germany• Communicates strong emotional feelings• Pg 518

Kathe Kollwitz

Kathe Kollwitz• Expressionists use line, geometric shapesshadow, and color to create emotion in their work.

• These artists also focus on subject matter that isdark and sad including: death, and starvation.

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch, The Scream.

• What is going on in this painting?

• What is the subject?• What colors do you

see?• What brush stokes do

you see?

Max Beckman, Hunger (plate5) from Hell. 1919

• What is the subject matter of this work?• What do you notice about the lines, and shapes in the work?• What do you notice about the shadows?• Is there anything in this work that is unexplainable, or difficult to explain?

Kirchner

Styles in Music and Art

• Art, Music, Drama, Dance and Literature have changed over time.

• All have gone through different styles at the same time.

• Styles are like genres of music, movies and literature.

• What genres can you think of?

Expressionistic Film

• Expressionistic films are dark and creepy.• The earliest films that were expressionistic in

style were monster movies.• They can be unpredictable • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was one of the first

of these films.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

• Compare this to the Beckman work.• This is dark and creepy.• There are geometric shaped shadows that have been painted on the ground.• The buildings look like they belong in a funhouse. • Nothing is straight. • The tops of doors and bottoms of windows are slanted.

Film

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari• Entire Film • Film Noir: Stylish Hollywood crime dramas.

Spanned from 1940-1950 (These followed monster movies).

Still from The Big Combo, 1955.

Important Terms

• Anti-Heroic: A main character in a dramatic or narrative work who is characterized by a lack of traditional heroic qualities, such as idealism or courage.

• Urban: A city, or town.• Madness: The condition

of being insane.

• Somnambulist: Sleepwalker• What is “The Cabinet of Dr.

Caligari”?• Who are Munch and

Kirchner?• Style: The personal way of

using the art elements and principles to reproduce what they see and to express their ideas and feelings.