German Expressionist Woodcuts

by Shane Weller

German Expressionism was an extraordinarily vivid presence in the art of the early twentieth century, its violent colors and often distorted, stylized forms reflecting not only the rebellious spirit of its participants, but the revolutionary mood of the new century itself. One of the most popular media used by the German Expressionists was the woodcut, important in the history of German art from the time of Albrecht D rer (1471-1528), and especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486280691
• ISBN13: 9780486280691
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

German Expressionist Woodcuts

Bought with Wordless Books and is a fabulous companion... lots of great woodcuts from a priceless era of the art.

If you like woodcuts...

...then this is about the best $10 you can spend. I constantly return to this book for inspiration as it contains tons of examples of major German Expressionists as well as some I had not heard of. There's not much text to read, just page after page of raw woodcut imagery.

German Expressionist Woodcuts

An excellent introduction to German Expressionist Woodcut artists and easily worth the price.

woodcuts

wonderful collection of woodcuts- like all dover books, it is a great buy!

I'm wearing these pages down

Some much to see, feel and love in this rare compliation of some of the best art to be created in this century. I'll open it for any kind of creative inspiration i need, and it has never let me down!