December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
When an artist seeks to create a powerful emotional reaction in the viewer, the enterprise is referred to as “expressionist.”
• Exaggeration or distortion. The artist might elongate, twist, compress, stretch, or otherwise distort the subject.
• Disturbing subject matter. This is the depiction of emotionally charged subjects, such as violence, alienation, and sexuality.
• Heavy line. A heavy, wide line can carry a sense of weightiness and even brutality.
• Severe angular shifts. Acute angular relationships between elements tend to bring about a sense of unease.
• Strong and unnatural color. This can provoke a powerful emotional response.
• Heavy and stressed surfaces. The surface of the painting or sculpture ...