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58 minutes ago · Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang from von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name (which was intentionally written as a treatment). It stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm.
4 days ago · The Saint Louis Art Museum houses one of North America’s best collections of modern German paintings. It includes pictures by Vasily Kandinsky, Emil Nolde, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, Franz ...
4 days ago · This June, Germany’s Ketterer Kunst auction house will mark 70 years in the auction business. To celebrate, the house has announced an evening sale of German Expressionist work, one of its...
5 days ago · Caligari is considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, and by far the most famous example of it. It is considered a classic film, often shown in introductory film courses, film societies and museums, and is one of the most famous German films from the silent era.
4 days ago · Another of his most important works from this atonal or pantonal period is the highly influential Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21, of 1912, a novel cycle of expressionist songs set to a German translation of poems by the Belgian-French poet Albert Giraud.
4 days ago · What is Modernism? What did Modernism do? Where is Modernism today? Modernism, in the fine arts, a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. Modernism fostered a period of experimentation in the arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, particularly in the years following World War I.
5 days ago · Art Nouveau and Expressionism: The Art Nouveau movement, known as Jugendstil in Germany, flourished, influencing architecture, decorative arts, and design. Expressionism also began to take root in the visual arts and literature, emphasizing emotional experience over realism.
