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Expressionism

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Expressionism

-

Modernist movement that started inGermany at the beginning of the 20th

century.

- Was initially an expression in

painting and poetry.

- Evokes moods and ideas hich

the artist seeks to express

meaning or emotionalexperience rather than the

physical reality.

- !n Germany" Expressionism becameidentical ith denunciation of the

Western principles of #eutralism.

-Expressionism signifies the artist$scharacter and inner insight enforced on

the graphical reality of the ob%ects

represented.

- &onveys true emotions in

exagerration through the application of

atonality and dissonance or the lack of

agreement and consistency in music.

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Famous Composers

ArnoldSchoneberg

AlbanBerg

AntonWebern

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Expressionism in

Art

Pierrot Lunaire(Arnold

Schoneberg)

The Scream byEdvard Munch

Head of aWoman !arl

Schmidt-"ottlu#

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Expressionism in Victor Hugos LesMiserables

i$ a %rench hi$torical novel by &ictor Hugo 'r$t ubli$hed in*+, that i$ con$idered one of the greate$t novel$ of the thcentury. /n the Engli$h-$ea0ing 1orld the novel i$ u$uallyreferred to by it$ original %rench title. Ho1ever $everal

alternative$ have been u$ed including The Miserables TheWretched The Miserable Ones The Poor Ones The WretchedPoor The Victimsand The Dispossessed.2eginning in *3and culminating in the *4, 5une "ebellion in Pari$ the novelfollo1$ the live$ and interaction$ of $everal character$articularly the $truggle$ of e6-convict 5ean &al7ean and hi$

e6erience of redemtion.E6amining the nature of la1 and grace the novel elaborate$uon the hi$tory of %rance the architecture and urban de$ignof Pari$ olitic$ moral hilo$ohy antimonarchi$m 7u$ticereligion and the tye$ and nature of romantic and familiallove. Les Misrablesha$ been oulari8ed through numerou$

adatation$ for the $tage televi$ion and 'lm including amu$ical and a 'lm adatation of that mu$ical.

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Location $hooting in Pari$ during the 'nal third of the'lm re'gure$ 9eoreali$m and deeen$ the $en$e ofhi$tory 1ith 1hich the %rench live and identify. /naddition erman Expressionism mu$t have been anin:uence on 2ernard. The $0e1ed camera angle$cubi$t-in$ired $et$ and dee $hado1$ that givee6re$$ioni$t 'lm$ their menacing o1er 1or0 1ell inthi$ $tory of crime and uni$hment $et again$t thebac0dro of violent hi$tory.