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Expressionism (20th Century)
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About Expressionism
Description of Expressionism |
Expressionism
International
movement
in
art
and
architecture,
which
flourished
between
c.
1905
and
c.
1920,
especially
in
Germany.
It
also
extended
to
literature,
music,
dance
and
theatre.
The
term
was
originally
applied
more
widely
to
various
avant-garde
movements:
for
example
it
was
adopted
as
an
alternative
to
the
use
of
‘Post-Impressionism’
by
Roger
Fry
in
exhibitions
in
London
in
1910
and
1912.
It
was
also
used
contemporaneously
in
Scandinavia
and
Germany,
being
gradually
confined
to
the
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