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expressivity

[ek-spre-siv-i-tee] / ˌɛk sprɛˈsɪv ɪ ti /


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Haunting and powerful, her paintings, particularly those from the past decade, reveal her strong affinity with Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon and other artists who rendered the human form with febrile expressivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Escaich wrote cadenzas to link the three movements into a continuous form, and Capuçon emphasized their atmospheric expressivity as opposed to their show-pony virtuosity.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Crumb’s expressivity — attained through amplification of the piano’s hidden resonances, alteration of its inner mechanics and other material interventions — hardly seems “unqualified” when channeled through the body of Margaret Leng Tan.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022

Cellists tend to seek, with powerful expressivity, a theatrical narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

The avatars will also be able to animate the movement of a mouth when a microphone picks up the user speaking, to "bring additional expressivity", he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2021




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