Expressionism is a way of making art — painting, writing, theatre, film, music — where the artist puts inner feeling on the outside, instead of copying how things look in ordinary light. Faces may be twisted, colours too strong, streets bent, because the point is the feeling, not a photograph of the world.

Expressionism is a way of making artexpressionism是一種創作藝術的方式——painting, writing, theatre, film, music包括繪畫、寫作、戲劇、電影、音樂——where the artist puts inner feeling on the outside藝術家會把內在的感覺表現在外面，instead of copying how things look in ordinary light而不是照著平常光線下事物本來的樣子去描繪。Faces may be twisted, colours too strong, streets bent臉可能被扭曲、顏色可能太強烈、街道可能被拉彎，because the point is the feeling, not a photograph of the world因為重點是感覺，而不是這個世界的照片。

It is a school-and-museum word, strongest in talk about early twentieth-century art. Students often meet it next to impressionism, which is almost the opposite mood: light and the eye, not the cry inside.

It它 is a school-and-museum word是個學術和博物館裡常見的字，strongest in talk about early twentieth-century art在談二十世紀初藝術時最常出現。Students often meet it next to impressionism學生常常會在impressionism旁邊遇到它，which is almost the opposite mood而impressionism幾乎是相反的氛圍：light and the eye, not the cry inside講的是光線和眼睛所見，而不是內心的吶喊。

An expressionist work is one in that style. People stretch the label in casual talk for any loud, feeling-first style, even when art historians would not agree.

An expressionist work is one in that style屬於這種風格的作品，就叫做expressionist work。People stretch the label in casual talk人們在日常談話裡也會把這個標籤延伸使用，for any loud, feeling-first style用在任何強烈、以感覺優先的風格上，even when art historians would not agree即使藝術史學家未必會同意。