Expressionism
During the first two decades of the 20th century, many artists famously experimented with nonrepresentational expression. Taking cues from ideas hinted as by artists such as El Greco, Goya, Van Gogh, and Munch, Expressionists sought to transform reality rather than depict it in any sort of literal fashion. Egon Schiele, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky are among Expressionism's most famous exponents.
Featured artists include:
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Pechstein, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde, Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke, Paul Klee, Alexej Jawlensky, Gabriele Münter, Marianne von Werefkin, Heinrich Campendonk, Lyonel Feininger, Arnold Schönberg, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Christian Rohlfs, Ludwig Meidner, Lovis Corinth, Ernst Barlach, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, and George Grosz
About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:
- a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period
- a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations
About the author:
Norbert Wolf gratuated in art history, linguistics and medieval studies at the universities of Regensburg and Munich. He took his doctorate in art history in 1983. In 1992 he wrote his professorial thesis in Munich on carved 14th-century retables. Subsequently he held visiting professorships in Marburg, Frankfurt a.M., Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg-Erlangen, and Innsbruck. He has written extensively on art history, including the many titles for TASCHEN, such as Diego Velázquez, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Caspar David Friedrich, Expressionism, Romanesque, Landscape Painting.
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Expressionism
Wolf, Dr. Norbert
Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages, $ 9.99 |
- Events (3 items)
Exhibition
¡1914! La Vanguardia y la gran Guerra
October 07, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Museo Thyssen -Bornemysza-Palacio de Villahermosa-Paseo del Prado, 8 - 28014 Madrid, Spain
¡1914! La Vanguardia y la gran Guerra
October 07, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Museo Thyssen -Bornemysza-Palacio de Villahermosa-Paseo del Prado, 8 - 28014 Madrid, Spain
- Reviews (2 items)
"Der Textteil des Buches ist sehr informativ und bietet eine kurze, aber nicht zu knappe Einführung zum Hintergrund der Kunstrichtung (...) Mit diesem Buch wird man einen interessanten Einblick in eine Kunstbewegung am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts bekommen."
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- See also (11 items)
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Abstract Art Art history's most important movements and genres - The masters of abstraction |
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Brücke Color and clash: the height of German expressionism |
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Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky - founder and chief theoretician of abstract art |