Expressionism is an art movement that seeks to express emotional experience through painting and other art forms. It originally started in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century and was mainly focused around poetry and  painting, but eventually expanded. It’s characteristics are to distort and stylistically capture a subjective outlook on the outside world to evoke emotion on its viewers. This movement allowed each artist to have their own unique way to capture their emotions and emotional outlook of  the world and of themselves. Some argue that the movement started

Even though Van Gogh is a part of the post-impressionism movement he is known for being the biggest influence of the 20th century expressionism movement. His use of color, texture, and composition were what drew plenty of artist into furthering their experimentation with art which would feed this movement in its early stages. Artist such as Edvard Munch, Chaim Soutine, and Léon Spilliaert. When you look at these artist work along with Van Gogh’s it is clear to see his influence on them without question.

Edvard Munch, the scream

“Expressionism Movement, Artists and Major Works.” The Art Story, www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm.

The art story uses this online article to talk about the overall movement of expressionism. It begins by discussing the history of expressionism and its roots in Germany and how artist such as Vincent van Gogh influenced it. It then moves on to the key ideas of the movement such as the style that artist of the movement choose to use. It then finishes off with listing important art and artist of the movement which includes Edvard Munch.

“Art: Expressionism’s Father.” Time, Time Inc., 7 Feb. 1944, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791335,00.html

In this online article time magazine talks about the founder of expressionism and how it came about. The article focuses on Edvard Munch and how many people do know his contribution to the art world. They also speak about the Expressionist school of painting that he started in Germany.

“MoMA Learning.” Lee Bontecou. Untitled. 1959 | MoMA, www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/expressionism/.

This online article starts by listing the stand out traits of expressionism and goes into describing the different types of art that was involved in the movement from 1905-1020 in Germany and Austria.  It then proceeds to break down the goal of the expressionist movement and what it sought out to do in the art world. it continues to speak on how expressionist artist didn’t limit their art influence to just European art and goes on to talk about how they traveled the worlds and went to all sorts of fairs for inspiration.

Guggenheim, www.guggenheim.org/artwork/movement/expressionism.

This collection of Expressionism artwork owned or loaned to the Guggnheim museum allows for me to see the details and styles of different expressionist artist the articles have described. With a visual representation I get a better understanding of what expressionist art looks like.

Hatje Cantz. “Vincent Van Gogh and Expressionism.” Color Photography | Art Dictionary | Hatje Cantz, www.hatjecantz.de/vincent-van-gogh-and-expressionism-1759-1.html.

This article goes on and describes how Vincent van Gogh went on to inspire the expressionism movement. Detailing the fact that he was adored by plenty of German artist. It goes on to list german artist that he has been noted as a influencer to.

Van Gogh and expressionism

Expressionism is an art movement that seeks to express emotional experience through painting and other art forms. It originally started in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century and was mainly focused around poetry and  painting, but eventually expanded. it’s characteristics are to distort and stylistically capture a subjective outlook on the outside world to evoke emotion on its viewers. This movement allowed each artist to have their own unique way to capture their emotions of the world and of themselves.

Even though Van Gogh is apart of the post-impressionism movement he is known for being the biggest influence of the 20th century expressionism movement. His use of color, texture, and composition were what drew plenty of artist into furthering their experimentation with art which would feed this movement in its early stages.

      Olive trees, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

     Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

    Roses, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890

The starry night, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

 oleanders, Vincent Van Gogh, 1888

Formal analysis is a type of visual description used when observing art. It isn’t used for understanding the themes and context of an art work but to simply describe exactly what is seen.  When art work is being formally analyzed the components that are being looked at are   lines, shapes, space, and  color. All of these elements come together to show a story or someones account of a particular event or idea. When we look at lines during formal analysis we check to see if the lines are horizontal or vertical or diagonal and how they are all incorporated together to suggest where we should look next on the piece.  When looking at different forms and shapes in a piece we check to see how large or small  they are especially in comparison to each other. Next up we see the spaces in the artwork which gives us ideas about the depth of things. Of course color is very important for it sets the mood of a piece. Paintings can be very dark with few colors being used and they can also be bright and vibrant with many colors  being used

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The banking model of friere is the idea that when a teacher teaches it is like a bank deposit  where the teacher deposits information into the students and the students receive the information. This may seem like a fine way to teach a class but it certainly is not. it does not establish a dialogue between student and teacher which is terrible. How can students learn when their questions are not being answered.  This form of education empowers the teacher at the expense of the students. Thankfully in all my years as a student i have never encountered a class that followed the banking model. in fact most classes that i have participated in, discussions   between teacher and student we’re a key element in the course. I enjoy this way of education because it brings me in to the content and makes it somewhat enjoyable ( lets face it most of my course requirements aren’t all that fun). Another thing about this way of classroom instruction is that it gives you variety. Some people are visual learners and some people are auditory learners and some people are more hands on. A classroom that allows that has a line of communication between teacher and student can benefit all types of learners.

My favorite form of art is anime. Anime are basically just Japanese cartoons, sounds simple right everyone grew up watching cartoons and enjoyed them. Well anime is awesome because it is so diverse and exciting. There are anime’s about sports like basketball and volleyball and there are ones about long stories of revenge and glory. Another form of art that i enjoy now is photography, i used to not think much of it but when i met my current girlfriend she introduced me to it since she is a photographer who studies in art school at the moment.  She showed me that there are many intriquite details that go into taking photos. It isn’t just pressing a button at the right time and bam your done.