Vocation derives from the Latin vocare, which means to call. This research was funded, in part, by a grant from Vocare, Northwestern College's vocation project funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment. Christian vocation: defining relations with identity status, college adjustment, and spiritually.
German Expressionism is a cultural movement that is challenging to define as it is not distinguished by a singular style or method of creation, but rather is better described by both the mindset of the artist creating the work and the generation he or she lived in.
Abstract expressionism. Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s, often characterized by gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.