Expressionism

Expressionism is raw. It striped away all formality people were used to in art. Key was no longer important in music, movement in dance, plot and character development in theater, beauty in poetry. Expressionism is sound, visuals and emotion in it's simplest form. So simple that it becomes complex. Every dance step, every plot point, and every note is drawn out and repeated. What you feel becomes more important than what is there. Expressionism undresses the disguises and symbolism in art. Anger is anger, angst is angst. The nakedness of the art becomes uncomfortable.There is no beating around the bush, no ideas to talk around. Everything is out there in the open, exposed and ugly. Expressionism is gothic and horrific.