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Expressionism and Romanticism

At the moment I am reading “The Haunted Screen” by Lotte Eisner, which is considered to be one of the two most important books on the topic of German Cinema in the 1920′s, so the next couple of weeks will … Continue reading

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Expressionism v. Impressionism

“Expressionism is a reaction against the atom-splitting of Impressionism, which reflects the iridescent ambiguities, disquieting diversity, and ephemeral hues of nature. At the same time Expressionism sets itself against Naturalism with its mania for recording more facts, and its paltry … Continue reading

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