Expressionism

[bach_ko]

hi everyone... I need help again~! i'm currently taking advanced musicology class in conservatory now. I've chosen expressionism as my presentation topic. here are the topics...(and i hv came out with my own questions...) i need your opinions and views about all these before i start. thanks for that
1. Expressionism in Painting
-How does Expressionism relate to French Fauvism?
-Later, where are the main centres of German Expressionist painting?
-Which painters are associated with these centres?
-What is the 'aesthetic' of Cerman expressionism?
-What are the 'characteristics of German expressionism?
-How do aesthetic and characteristic compare with that of Fauvism?
-Wat is Abstract Expressionism?
-Which painters are regarded as Abstract Expressionists?
-What aspects of Expressionist painting are present in Abstract Expressionism?
2. Expressionism in the music of SChoenberg
-What works by Schoenberg are usually considered to be Expressionist?
-What are some of the principal musical characterisitcs of Schoenberg's expressionist style?
-What are some of the principal technical features of that style?
-What are the features of Schoenberg's Expressionism aesthetic?
-Why did Schoenberg consider the move to Atonality to be historically inevitable and to what extend to do you think he was correct?
-How does Schoenberg's early expressionist music relate to events in the composers personal life?
-How does Schoenberg's Expressionist music relate to the psychoanalytical work of Freud?
-Do features of Schoenberg's expressionist style continue with his later serial pieces? if so how?
-Can you illustrate your answers by reference to specific pieces by SChoenberg?
3. Expressionism and Psychoanalysis
-What is Psychoanalysis and how is usually thought of as its inventor?
-What are the essential features of Psychoanalysis and how does it work?
-What are the points of contact between Psychoanalysis and Expressionist music especially SChoenberg's?
-What are the points of contact between psychoanalysis and Expressionist painting?
4. Expressionism in the music of Berg and Stravinsky
-Which of Berg's/Stravinsky's works are usually considered to be Expressionist?
-What are the musical characteristic of Berg's Stravinsky's Expressionist music?
-What are the technical features of Berg's/Stravinsky's Expressionist music?
-HOw does Berg's/Stravinsky's Expressionist music differe to that by Schoenberg?
5. Expressionism in the music of the second half of the 20th century?
-Are composers of the second half of the 20th century still writing expressionist music?
-Why should this be so since the origins of Expressionism are associated with a particular time and place in European history?
-Who are the composers and what are the pieces that can be described as Epressionist and why?
-How does these recent manifestations relate to earlier Expressionist music in terms of characterisitcs, technical means and aesthetic?