Amid a frenzy of lurid color and distortion, discover a calm, authoritativeoverview of German Expressionism. From the leading collectives of Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter to regional schools and lesser known artists, Dietmar Elger leads us through the protagonists and principles of this vivid 20th-century movement-its stylistic cacophony, its rage against bourgeois values, and its tussle with modern industrial reality.