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    His iconic painting “The Scream” (Image 1) with its exaggerated colors and distorted shapes amplify anxiety and alienation and is the perfect example of Expressionist art. Munch in his tormented “scream” is reacting to the anxieties associated with the modern changing world. In true Expressionist style the elements are exaggerated, distorted, vivid and jarring. The palette is limited and Munch uses intense colour with agitated brushstrokes. Munch’s inner emotional turmoil is conveyed by the swaying, swirling exaggerated brushstrokes. Left: Image 1 “The Scream” 1893 Right: Image 2 “Despair” 1893-4 “Despair “ (Image 2) speaks of isolation and alienation. The foreground figure looks forlorn, the dark rings around his eyes exaggerate his condition, as do his black clothes and he is pointedly alone. He is isolated from the two distant figures that appear to be engaging. There is a strong sense of not belonging. As in “The Scream” the weaving bands of orange/red bands in the sky add to the tension and there is a violent contrast between the light and dark colours heightening the feeling of anxiety.…

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    Edvard Munch The Scream

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    The Scream by Edvard Munch is an iconic painting in today’s time, much like the Mona Lisa has been in the past. Munch found his inspiration for this piece of art from an actual place located on a hill in Norway and at the bottom of the hill was the madhouse where Munch’s sister was kept. The painting is of a person with a ghostly face, standing beside a railing. What catches your eyes in this photo is the person is standing there shrieking, mouth wide open, with a hand on both sides of their…

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    Each color represents the emotions of our life. Just as Van Gogh and Munch used color and motion in their paintings to express their internal feelings. We as the viewer should look beyond the actual painting into the minds of the artist. I choose artists and styles because they make me gain a better understanding of their thoughts during that time. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But what if I told you there is no limited to what art can express. Every tiny detail has some meaning,…

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    How To Read The Scream

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    “The Scream” The painting entitled “The Scream” was painted by the artist, Edvard Munch. The original piece was painted on a cardboard surface using pastels in 1893. The painting is abstract and uses vibrant colors to portray a man screaming while standing on a wooden structure with two mysterious figures following him. While observing the artwork, I noticed that the man is staring behind him and might even think that he is being followed, which could be the potential reason for the…

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    Edvard Mut Research Paper

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    Darian Kayser ARTH110 February 9, 2015 Edvard Munch Edvard Much was born December 12, 1863 the 2nd out of five children. His mother died 5 years after he was born and that was the start of the many tragedies to come to his family. His sister also died from the same disease his mother passed from tuberculosis. His other sister suffered from a mental illness disease, and his other brother died at thirty from pneumonia. In 1879 Edvard attended a technical college for engineering but stop…

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    These features create relationships between the observer and between physical pieces of the work. This ability is used to manipulate the sight of the viewer. As said by Edgar Degas “Art is not what you see but what you make others see.” The intended outcome or reaction isn’t always what’s received. In many instances the improper use of mixed media can generate a unhappy emotion; an unpleasant mix. Using mixed medias in a balanced way helps to level this out, creating the feeling of joy and…

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    Edvard Munch

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    Edvard Munch who was born 1863 in Löten, Norway, the second child of five children. In 1864, Edvard moved to the city of Oso, with his other four siblings and mother. Where his mother died four years later after from tuberculosis and his sister died from the same thing in 1877 at the age of fifteen. His father Christian became emotional over the time when he starts to suffer from an agitated depression. Then more familial tragedies started to happen, one his sister spent most of her life in an…

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    The Scream Essay

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    Lists 3 visual elements of art and design (the "building blocks") you think Munch employed when he created The Scream. These visual elements must be chosen from those featured in Chapter 3 and the PowerPoint presentation. 1. After you list the 3 visual elements, you must then write a 300-word long thread that describes the characteristics of each element AND explains why they were chosen by Munch to createThe Scream. 2. Pay particular attention to the most obvious visual elements of The Scream.…

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    Ed Ruscha is an American artist whose oeuvre joins parts of the dialect and iconography of Pop Art with deft Reasonable execution. With a practice that traverses drawing, painting, photography, film, printmaking, and distributing, Ruscha's experience as a visual creator is obvious in his excellent eye for typography and design. He is maybe best known for his craftsman's books, for example, Twentysix Gas Stations (1963)— a pictorial investigation of the fuel stations he experienced on an…

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    Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward Muggeridge, is regarded as the father of motion picture. He was born in England as Edward Muggeridge, but later changed his name to the current Eadweard Muybridge. He was unsatisfied with his life in England and decided to move to San Francisco, United States. Once in the States, he first started off as a bookseller. Quickly after though, he took up photography and studies with a daguerreotypist. His most famous work started after Leland Stanford, former governor…

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