Mod Lit German Expressionism Presentation

1. GERMAN EXPRESSONISM(1905-1935) Veronica Bennett Natalie Oliver Ellexus Montoya

2. CHARACTORISTICS Vivid color Subjective Distorted colors and images agitated strokes/bold lines Expresses emotion Sets a mood Exaggeration Direct composition Dramatic

3. Background Germany had become more industrial World War I and II Draft Post Impressionism Depression and debt in Germany

4. INFLUENCES Vincent Van Gogh Post impressionism painter Temperamental (crazy) Used color to express emotion Religious background Edvard Munch Painter and printmaker Inspired by African tribal art Extremely psychological and emotional Extremely religious background Art explained childhood experiences/mental decline

5. Starry night

6. Cypresses

7. Bedroom at Arles

8. The Scream

9. Puberty

10. Die Brüke (1905-1913) Means: “The Bridge” Bridge between Germany’s past and future Adresses social classes, wealth, German nightlife, and chaos that reigned in their cities Based in Dresden, Germany Expressed radical social views Inspired by the combination of traditional , African, Oceanic, Tribal, and Fauvism art. Same values as romanticism

12. Ernst Kirchner

13. Erich Heckel

14. Fritz Bleyl

16. Red Tower in a Park

17. Blooming Trees

18. Girl At The Mirror

19. Two Women

21. After moving to Berlin, transitioned to paintings of streets and scenes

22. Inspired by Primitivism

23. Drafted for WWI in 1915 but didn’t serve due to a nervous breakdown

24. Returned to Berlin and was hit by a car

25. Recovered in Switzerland and painted landscapes

26. Prior to WWII, the Nazi’s declared his work “degenerate art” and confiscated it from museums.

28. Berlin Street Scene

29. Judgment of Paris

30. Self Portrait as a Solider

32. Only stayed in the group for a few months

33. Older and more conservative than the other members of the group

34. Landscapes, seascapes, and biblical themed paintings

35. His work reflected his strict Protestant upbringing

37. Sunflowers

38. Candle Dancers

39. Crucifixion

41. Second expressionist group formed.

42. Formed in Munich, Germany

43. Formed by Russian Immigrants

44. lacked a central artistic manifesto

45. centered around Kandinsky and Marc

46. Spiritually inclined

47. Inject art with spiritual values using color

49. Franz Marc

50. August Macke

52. The Blue Rider

53. Murnau- View with railroad and castle

54. St. George II

55. Franz Marc Influenced by the Swiss animal painter: Jean Bole Niestle Had his own color theory Deeply religious- Pantheistic Almost always painted animals When he and Macke died, Blau Reiter Ended

56. Small Blue Horses

57. Deer in the Woods

58. The Tiger

59. Kammerspielfilm (chamber feature film) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Nosferatu (1922) Film Trailer Metropolis(1926)