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This movement was characterized by artists’ sudden tendency to depict subjective emotions and personal responses to subjects and events, rather that objective reality. This movement emerged as an organized movement in Germany before World War 1. Colour drawing, and proportion were often exaggerated or distorted, and symbolic content was very important. Line and color were often pronounced and colour and value contrasts were intensified. Thickly layered paint, loose brushwork and bold contour drawing were used to achieve the desired tactile properties. Lithographs, woodcuts and poster were considered very valuable and important mediums by the expressionists. Revolting against conventional aesthetic forms and cultural norms, expressionists felt a deep sense of social crisis. Many German expressionists rejected the authority of the military, education, government and Hohenzollen rule. They felt deep empathy for the poor and the social outcasts. These people became their most favoure...

The first two decades of the 20 th century were a time of upheaval and change that consequently brought radical changes to all aspect of the human condition. The social, political, cultural and economic character of life was caught in fluid turbulence. Some big events that shook the humanity in this time period include: The invention of: Motorcars (1885) Airplanes (1903) Motion picture (1896) Wireless Radio transmission (1895) The Turkish Revolution   The Bulgarian declaration of independence   The slaughter of the two world wars All this turmoil inspired various creative revolutions in the visual art and design industry. These movements questioned long-time values and approaches to the organization of space as well as the role of art and design in society. The traditional objective view of the world was shattered. The emerging European avant-garde did not deem the traditional representation of external appearances satisfactory enough to fulfill its ...