Following the invention and mass production of the camera, the demand for photo-realistic art ended. People no longer wanted pictures that conveyed real life. Expressionism was a cultural movement that began in Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Expressionists painted scenes, not in order to display what was actually there, but to show their feelings towards the scene. Some artists took the idea further: abstract expressionism was created. This was, as the name suggests, even more abstract and often took the form of patterns. Abstract expressionism left more to the viewers imagination.
German expressionism was a film movement that showed life in a dark, in some places depressing and mainly very strange light.
Attributes of German expressionism:
- Using very contrasting colours
- Using strange, dark plots, costumes and characters
- Straight lines and sharp angles
- Very dark shadows
- Dark, troubled characters
German expressionist films were often used as a distorted metaphor for current affairs. For example the film
Metropolis displays distinct similarities between its plot and what was going on in communist Russia at around the same time.
METROPOLIS
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