In the German city of Dresden on June 7, 1905, the foundation of
the Die Brucke artists' group (1905-1913) is widely regarded as the
birth of Expressionism. Led by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl,
Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, the group sought to reject
the limits of academia and, as their name suggested, to bridge the
path to an artistic future. Their manifesto, printed with
woodblock, insisted on absolute freedom from convention in their
work as well as their lives. This new, liberated art incorporated
portraits, landscapes, and city scenes, but substituted an
objective rendering of reality with an expression of interior
geography. In paintings, as well as their favored wood and linocut
prints, the artists of Die Brucke would fill pictorial space with
jagged lines, crude forms, and clashing colors, all to express
their subjective experience of the world. Like the Fauves, the
artists took stylistic lead from non-Western traditions of Oceanic
and African arts, while also reviving the print and painting
techniques of Albrecht Durer and Lucas Cranach the Elder. This
richly illustrated book introduces this essential expressionist
movement. We examine Die Brucke's key works and protagonists; its
varied, international inspirations; and its crucial influence on
later 20th century art. Along the way, we find candid nudes,
crowded street views, and blissful bathing idylls, each of them
vivid with energy and intent on a new kind of art. About the series
Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the
best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in
TASCHEN's Basic Art History series features: approximately 100
color illustrations with explanatory captions a detailed,
illustrated introduction a selection of the most important works of
the epoch, each presented on a two-page spread with a full-page
image and accompanying interpretation, as well as a portrait and
brief biography of the artist
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