expressionistic
adjective
art,literature,theatre & filmspecialized(alsoExpressionistic)uk/ɪkˌspreʃ.ənˈɪs.tɪk/us/ɪkˌspreʃ.ənˈɪs.tɪk/using,relatingto, orsimilartoexpressionism(= astyleofart,music, or writing,beginningin the 1900s, thattriestoexpresspeople'sfeelingsandemotions):
Thedirectorhascreatedasinisteratmospherebymeansof expressionisticlighting.
Germany was thecentreof this expressionisticstyleofcinema.
The newstyleofdancethat hedevelopedwasincreasinglyexpressionistic.
Compare
expressionist
- Heestablishedhimself as an expressionisticpainter.
- Thedirectorhas taken an expressionisticapproachto theplay.
- Thepaintingis very expressionistic, withitswildbrushstrokesandextremecolours.
- Onewallof herstudioiscoveredwith expressionisticportraits.
Art history & artistic movements
- abstract
- aesthetic
- anti-modern
- anti-modernism
- anti-modernist
- cubist
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistically
- figurative
- modernist
- montage
- naturalism
- naturalistic
- non-abstract
- rococo
- romantic
- romanticism
- screen printing
- silkscreen