FPA 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Celesta, Pointillism
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Time of peace, growth, sense of unshakability, and many innovations between the romantic period and the first world war. After the first world war, there was a universal reaction against the progressive mentality of the pre-war years. In the arts, this give way to a more subjective view of art as an expression of individual emotion. End of century (fin de siecle) atmosphere in vienna. Shocking brutality, as opposed to sensuous hedonism from france during symbolism. A term first used in painting exhibits to contrast with impressionism. Emphasizes the subjective emotions of the artist (whereas impressionism sought to represent objects of the external world at a given moment) Is an outgrowth of romanticism but differs from it in the kind of inner experience it aims to portray; characterized by: Schoenberg was one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century. Some say he created music for the brain rather than the heart.