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MAGIC REALISM traits
according to Frank Roh |
EXPRESSIONISM
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POST-EXPRESSIONISM
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Ecstatic
subjects |
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Sober
subjects |
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Suppression of the object |
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The object
clarified |
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Rhythmical |
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Representational |
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Extravagant |
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Puristically severe |
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Dynamic |
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Static |
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Loud |
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Quiet |
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Summary |
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Thorough |
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Close-up
view |
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Close and
far views |
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Monumental |
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Miniature |
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Warm (hot) |
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Cold |
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Thick
color texture |
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Thin paint
surface |
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Emphasis
on visible painting process |
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Effacement
of painting process |
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Centrifugal |
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Centripetal |
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Expressive
deformation |
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External
purification of object |
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reference:
Magic Realism Rediscovered 1918-1981, Seymour
Menton, 1983, The Art Alliance Press |
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"While Magic
Realism turned daily life into eerie form, Surrealism, which
developed only a few years later, set out to smash our
existing world completely." German Painting in the
20th Century, Franz Roh |
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"Magic
Realism is based on the representation of what is possible
but not probable; Surrealism, on the other hand, is based on
impossible situations." Pyke Koch, Dutch Magic Realist. |
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MAGIC REALISM traits
according to Weiland Schmeid |
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Sobriety and sharp focus; an unsentimental , unemotional
vision |
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Artist's vision is directed to everyday, banal,
insignificant subjects, the absence of timidity with regard
to painting the unpleasant |
| 3. A
Static, tightly unified structure, which often suggests a
completely airless, glass-like space, which in general,
gives preference to the static rather than to the dynamic |
| 4. The
eradication of the traces of the painting process, the
liberation of the painting from all signs of the handicraft |
| 5.
Finally, a new spiritual relationship with the world of
things. |
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reference:
Magic Realism Rediscovered 1918-1981, Seymour
Menton, 1983, The Art Alliance Press |
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