Expressionism
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Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Edvard Munch, 1893, The Scream, oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard, 91 x 73 cm, National Gallery of Norway
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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 20686 0002, Potsdam, Einsteinturm
German expressionist cinema
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German expressionist cinema was a part of several related creative movements in Germany in the early 20th century that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920s. These developments were part of a larg
Expressionism
…particularly in Berlin. The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including expressionist architecture, painting, literature, theatre, dance, film and music. Paris became a gathering place for a group of Expressionist artists, many of Jewish origin, dubbed the School of Paris. After World War II…
A still of the distorted set design from the 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Paul Wegener as The Student of Prague in a 1913 poster
A poster for the 1920 silent film The Golem: How He Came into the World, starring and co-directed by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese
A still of Max Schreck in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu