The difference between expressionism and impressionism

First of all, the concept is different.

1, expressionism, one of the important schools of modern art. Literary schools popular in Germany, France, Austria, Northern Europe and Russia in the early 20th century.

2. Le Impressionisme In the history of western art, the word impressionism has two meanings: one refers to the impressionism school that originated in France; On the other hand, it refers to the impressionist artistic trend of thought, including technological innovation, which has a wide influence and has worldwide significance.

Second, the background is different.

1 expressionism

Expressionism is generally used to describe1Germany's painting and painting style against academic tradition at the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 20th century. It is a literary school that prevailed in some European and American countries from the early 20th century to the 1930s. Germany and Austria were the most popular after World War I. It first appeared in the art world, and then made great progress in music, literature, drama, film and other fields.

2. Impressionism

/kloc-the center of western art in the 0/9th century is in France, and the influential official academic school still dominates the French painting world. /kloc-in the second half of the 0/9th century, some young painters in the French painting world opposed the rut of official academic art.

Because their innovative works cannot be exhibited in the official salon, they strongly oppose official censorship. They demand artistic innovation and creative freedom. They often gather in Galbo's Cafe, freely exchange their views on art and seek the way of artistic innovation.

Third, the characteristics are different.

1 expressionism

The expressionist movement rose in the anti-traditional trend of thought. In terms of creative methods, it abandoned the "imitation theory" or "reflection theory" aesthetics that ruled Europe for a long time before19th century, and advocated "expressionism" aesthetics. In other words, creation is no longer a process of describing the objective world, but an expression of subjective feelings and image fantasies, out of "internal needs."

Although expressionists have different creative ideas and expressive techniques, the premise of starting from subjectivity and self is the same.

2. Impressionism

Music is not mainly about describing objects, but some music works are written to cope with situations. These music are called title music. Impressionist music works are almost all title music. This means that these works will focus on landscapes, poems or images, such as Debussy's Sea and Spring.

Just like impressionist painting, it tends to depict the light and color of an object rather than its clear outline. Such works give people a dream, impression or hint. In order to achieve this effect, one of the most important techniques is the use of diatonic scale, which is well reflected in Debussy's work Sailing.

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