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Expressionism: a standalone construct

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Expressionism1 CONSTRUCTExpressionismGORDON · ART HISTORY

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art that distorts form and colour to convey inner emotion; Gordon traces how the label arose and shifted in early twentieth-century German criticism.

In art history, Expressionism refers to art that distorts form and colour to convey inner emotion; Gordon traces how the label arose and shifted in early twentieth-century German criticism. This meaning comes from Gordon (1966) in Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes.[1]

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  1. Gordon, D. E. (1966). On the Origin of the Word 'Expressionism'. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 29(1), 368-385. https://doi.org/10.2307/750724

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