Expressionism

BRAND NEW COPY w/faint creasing to upper front corner of softcover. Art history. First published 1972; this is a reprint of 1977. Survey of Expressionism, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, in which poets and painters sought artistic expression of emotional experience rather than physical reality. Towards this end, in paintings, distortion is a noticeable trait --- "The Scream" by Edward Munch is an example. 215 pgs. 162 plates with 33 in color. Text in 5 chapters: 1, Origins; 2, Dresden; 3, Munich; 4, Berlin, Vienna, the Rhineland; and 5, After the War.