Expressionism as an Artistic Movement
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As an artistic movement, the original form of Expressionism encompassed all progressive movements from Fauvism and Cubism to Futurism and early abstract works. In its later form, Expressionism denoted the artistic movement that reached its peak in the early part of the 20th Century, primarily in Germany (Dictionary of 20th Century Art). This paper will describe the concerns, subject matter and motivations of Expressionism as an artistic movement, and compare it with other aesthetic positions such as Impressionism. Expressionism may be viewed as a reaction to Impressionism. The Impressionistic movement itself was a reaction to the rigid academic conventions of the Salon. The concern of the ImpressionistsùMonet, Renoir, Manet, Morisot, Degas, Cezanne, Cassatt, Pissarroùwas to capture ôan instantaneous impression of a scene in natureö (Stokstad 1019). MonetÆs Impression, Sunrise, and ManetÆs Le Dejeuner sur lÆHerbe are two examples. In addition to nature, other Impressionist subject matter included scenes of city life and urban leisure. Examples include MonetÆs Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, and RenoirÆs Moulin de la Galette. As Stokstad observes, Renoir glamorized
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