It's a retrospective on post-war abstract expressionism.

那是战后抽象表现主义的回顾展。

Expressionism is deeply critical of mechanism and its effects on the human soul.

表现主义深刻批判了机械以及其对人们灵魂的影响。

Expressionism is famously hard to define, but you can think of it as roughly the opposite of impressionism.

表现主义出了名的难以定义，但你可以大致上把它想成跟印象派相反。

A movement called Abstract Expressionism, also known as the New York School, gets this reaction particularly often.

抽象表现主义，或称纽约画派，尤其容易给人这种感觉。

Remember all that cool stuff about mumbling and turning your back on the audience? Expressionism not into it.

还记得那些很酷的表演方式吗 喃喃自语、背对着观众什么的 表现主义对此不感兴趣。

Expressionism is radical focus on the self, made it a bit like romanticism.

表现主义比较激进 关注自我 这使得它和浪漫主义有点像。

But America went for expressionism in a big way.

但美国在很大程度上追求表现主义。

Abstract Expressionism started in 1943 and developed after the end of World War II.

抽象表现主义始于1943年在二战后继续发展。

And at that time, a movement called " expressionism" had taken hold, primarily in Germany and Austria.

而当时表现主义蔚为风潮，主要流行于德国与奥地利。

As movements go, expressionism was more serious than dada and less dreamy than surrealism.

随着运动的发展 表现主义变得比达达主义更加严肃 同时又没有超现实主义那么梦幻。

While many symbolist works differ in style, they have certainly influenced modern art movements like surrealism or expressionism.

虽然许多象征主义作品风格各异，但它们无疑影响了超现实主义或表现主义等现代艺术运动。

The term expressionism shows up in theater just before World War One.

“表现主义”这个术语在第一次世界大战之前就已经出现在戏剧里。

The greatest German playwright that expressionism produced is probably Georg Kaiser.

表现主义下最伟大的德国剧作家大概是乔治·凯泽。

Their influence survived in later art movements like Abstract Expressionism and Neo Expressionism.

他们的影响在抽象表现主义和新表现主义等后来的艺术运动中得以延续。

If symbolism was about trying to determine a universal truth, expressionism concerned itself with one artists, weird individual perspective.

如果说象征主义试图确定一个普遍的真理 那么表现主义则关注一个艺术家 以一种怪异的个人视角。

Artists associated with Expressionism emerged in centres across Germany and Austria.

与表现主义相关的艺术家出现在德国和奥地利的中心。

Artists at the time were turning away from the drama and self-seriousness of abstract expressionism.

当时的艺术家正在远离抽象表现主义的戏剧性和自我严肃性。

It was in many ways a reaction against Abstract Expressionism, the dominant artistic movement in the United States in the 1950s.

在许多方面，这是对20世纪50年代美国占主导地位的艺术运动抽象表现主义的一种反抗。

Feelings were emphasised above all else: Expression over Impression Expressionism over Impressionism.

感受高于一切：表现优于印象表现主义优于印象主义。

And there's also a definite whiff of expressionism in some of August Strindberg's light plays, like " To Damascus" .

奥古斯特·斯特林堡的一些轻剧 比如《大马士革之行》 也有明显的表现主义气息。