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HSC Visual Arts - Case Study 1 Modernism including Case Study "Pathways to Abstraction": Expressionism

Visual Arts - the Modernist Movement, art, artists, architecture

Books

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Kandinsky's Book: 'Sounds'

This video by the Museum of Modern Art discusses Kandinsky's books, designed and written by the artist, including poetry and representations of his early woodcut artworks.   It discusses how this shaped his own work and became a touchstone for other artists.

 

Expressionist Artists

This is not a definitive list but rather a selection of the major artists of this Movement.