Topic > Modern Art: Ideals in Motion - 625

After the era of Impressionism, artists began to rebel. Post-Impressionism was a sort of revolt against the Impressionist movement and from these movements what we call modern art began to emerge. A style called Expressionism aimed to achieve emotional effects in works of art by using a variety of elements within the work. The painting The Fate of the Animals by Franz Marc depicts aspects of expressionism quite well. On the other hand, a style called Formalism was intended to express art through forms rather than emotion, which is the exact purpose of Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie. Looking at these two works side by side, we can see the vast differences of not only the specific artworks but also the styles in which they were completed. Expressionism sought to convey feelings and moods. Expressionist artists used appearance “not to express a sense of superiority, but love, admiration, or fear” (Gombrich, 436). They also felt so strongly about certain things, such as the homeless or the poor, that they thought “the insistence on harmony and beauty in art” ...