Munch Museum

Seabiscuit reminds me of the African proverb “smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” While the main characters–Red Pollard, Seabiscuit, Tom Smith, and Charles Howard–are known for their incredible gains, their losses cannot be forgotten. With each of casts’ misfortunes came their American dreams, even if they were not aware that they would need each other to achieve it. This dream would be lead by Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit was undersized, fairly gentle, and lethargic compared to other horses.…

different forms whether it’s sculptures, canvas, vases, or mosaics and can have different meanings to different people and that’s where the beauty of art comes in. When visiting museums, you get to see that there are absolutely no boundaries for what is considered art and it can be very inspiring. During my visit at the Morse museum I saw many interesting pieces but a handful of them really caught my attention and stood out. There was one interesting piece I saw under the title Reverie by John…

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Edvard Munch was a Norwegian printer and an expressionist painter. Who was credited with one of the most recognized pre-Expressionist paintings, titled the Scream. Munch was born in a small village called Adalsbruk in Löten, Norway on December 12 1863 to Laura Catherine Bjølstad and Christian Munch. Munch was the second oldest of five children, with an older sister Sophie and three younger siblings, Peter, Laura, and Inger. In 1864, Munch’s father Christian who was a doctor, moved his family to…

compared to Klimt’s The Kiss is Edvand Munch’s painting which is similarly named The Kiss and was created in 1897 with oil on canvas. This painting is about 99 x 81 cm big and is currently located in the museum The Much Museum in Oslo, Norway. This painting inspired Gustav Klimt’s painting and both…

there was something strange. They asked her to bring a Nazi doctor. She had never thought about this, so she asked Dr. Munch - a Nazi doctor - to come along with her and speak. The two met up and talked, but he kindly declined. He told Eva, “Auschwitz was the nightmare I live with.” Dr. Munch may not have went to speak at the college, but on the 50th observance in Auschwitz, Eva and Munch signed a document. Eva was curious as to what it was like to be a Nazi doctor, but she learned when she…

artwork of this movement that is known till this day is The Scream. A Norwegian artist called Edvard Munch painted this artwork in 1893 (totalhistory.com). There are four versions of The Scream where two of them are paintings and the other two where done with pastels. One of these paintings is located in the National gallery in Oslo (totalhistory.com). The other painting is located in the Munch Museum where they also own one version of the pastels (totalhistory.com). Petter Olsen privately owns…

burin; painted with a mixture of aquatint and ink. On the bottom left of the image is a small copper plate which has been engraved with a drypoint, reading: 'El sueño, de la razon produce monstruos’ which is the title of the piece (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016). Goya’s use of aquatint and ink provides further depth and tone to the grey-scaled piece, whilst the utilisation of short, sharp lines provide further texture and depth to the work. The etching portrays Goya slumped over a…

Edvard Munch painted the famous painting which he named “The Scream” to represent his past. The painting consists of a child standing at the edge of the road facing a different direction from his companions who seem to be walking towards a different direction. The child is screaming while facing the departing companions. “The Scream” is a name given to represent each of the four versions of his paintings which are kept at the Munch museum. The aim of this paper is to analyze the painting. This…

The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was fought during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of La Albuera, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the frontier fortress town of Badajoz, Spain. Since October 1810, Marshal Masséna's French Army of Portugal had been tied down in an increasingly hopeless stand-off against Wellington's Allied forces. Acting on Napoleon's orders, in…