Impressionism - Edvard Munch
Can a painting from long ago still be important today?
Have you seen these faces before?
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Listen to this poem with your eyes closed. What images come to mind?
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Listen to this poem with your eyes closed. What images come to mind?
The Scream
Edvard Munch 1893
I was walking along the road with two friends. The Sun was setting --
The Sky turned a bloody red
And I felt a whiff of Melancholy — I stood
Still, deathly tired — over the blue-black
Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire
My Friends walked on — I remained behind
— shivering with Anxiety. I felt the great Scream in Nature.
Edvard Munch 1893
I was walking along the road with two friends. The Sun was setting --
The Sky turned a bloody red
And I felt a whiff of Melancholy — I stood
Still, deathly tired — over the blue-black
Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire
My Friends walked on — I remained behind
— shivering with Anxiety. I felt the great Scream in Nature.
powerpoint from http://www.subkit.eu/content/munch-scream
The World's Most Expensive Painting -
The Scream was sold for $119,922,500 at Sotheby’s in New York City on May 2nd 2012
where it came from...
In a note in his diary - the page headed Nice 22.01.1892, Munch described his inspiration for the image thus:
I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was setting—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence—there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city—my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.
—Edvard Munch
http://drax.hubpages.com/hub/Edvard_Munch
where it came from...
In a note in his diary - the page headed Nice 22.01.1892, Munch described his inspiration for the image thus:
I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was setting—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence—there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city—my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.
—Edvard Munch
http://drax.hubpages.com/hub/Edvard_Munch
Look at the lines and the colours that the artist used in his painting. Before we do our own drawing let's identify the types of lines. |
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Now we will do our own drawings. Either using Enchanted Learning or paper and pastel, you will create your own version of "The Scream". What makes you feel this way? Think about Edvard Munch when you see his mask this Halloween!
Additional Websites to Explore on Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch - The Dance of Life Site
WebMuseum
Great Norwegians
The Museum of Modern Art
WikiPaintings
Edvard Munch - The Dance of Life Site
WebMuseum
Great Norwegians
The Museum of Modern Art
WikiPaintings