Associations to the word «Expressionism»

Wiktionary

EXPRESSIONISM, noun. A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
EXPRESSIONISM, noun. A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music

Dictionary definition

EXPRESSIONISM, noun. An art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King