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N.A. Khrenov Going back to expressionism: expressionism and Russian culture

Abstract: the article focuses on expressionism – an artistic direction which emerged in the first decades of XXth century. Retrospectives into the history of expressionism are linked to a conference which was devoted to one of the German expressionists, H. Walden, and which was held by the National History of Arts Institute. The article accents the fate of expressionism in the Soviet Union, in which the German expressionism had a significant impact and influenced numerous artists. However, it would not be correct to assert that it was as influential there as in Germany. The author attempts to determine the reasons why expressionism became a medium for mainly the expression of German spirit, and not the Russian one. This sort of view allows to point out the differences between the two unique cultures – the Russian and the German ones, which, however, have many common traits.


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culturology, culture, super-sensual, expressionism, positivism, romantism, avant-garde, archaic, mysticism, messianism.


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