Art History- Munch

The Scream

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THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS

-Munch (50 MIN)

Describe Munich s childhood and how did it effect his painting?
"1868 Munch's mother dies of tuberculosis at the age of 30. Her sister, Karen Bjolstad, takes over household.
1877 Sister, Sophie, dies of tuberculosis at age of 15. "(edvardmunch.com)
This effected him a lot in his art, it made his art more gloomy because he was so very little when he lost his mother and sister.
define Bohemians, Munch consider himself one -A group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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or A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life.
define Kierkegaard- Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (; ) (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. What is the Philosphy?
Define Angst:In German, an emotional state of anxiety without a specific cause. In existentialism, the term refers to general human anxiety at having free will. www.bigcityart.com

Define Melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the ...
black bile: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
somber: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Munch liked pointillism define this style and try to find an example: "Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct dots of color create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending. or a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye." (wikipedia.com)

What artist influenced him the most, Van Gogh, Pizarro, Cezanne, Monet or Gauguin.
Munch was not known for his landscapes, what was his subject matter?
He was known for his death, love and anxiety paintings.
How did he die? "1944 Shortly after his 80th birthday, on January 23, Edvard Munch dies peacefully at home in Ekely. Bequeaths 1,000 paintings, 15,400 prints, 4,500 drawings and watercolors, and 6 sculptures to the city of Oslo." (Edvardmunch.com)
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Art History - Gaugin

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THE POST-IMPRESSIONISTS: GAUGUIN ( 51 min)

What did Gauguin do before he decided to become an artist?
Stock broker
He had enough money at one time to do what, what did he later do with his purchases and what artist did he favor above all else?
He had an art collection, he favored Cezanne.Later he had to sell his collection to pay for his sick son.
How many children did he have? How many wives? What do you think of how he treated his "loved ones"?
5 children. 2 wives and 2 girlfriends. I think how he treated his loved ones was "barbaric" and cruel because he just left his wife and childen, so he could go live on an island. Another reason is not only did he remarry when his wife was still alive, but he remarried a 13 year old girl.
Find a picture of Martinique and were it is ( it was french) is it an island?
Martinique is off a Cuba and this little island is owned by the French.

Find out where Brittany is, is it Brittan or some place else(optional to add map)Brittany and Brittan is the same place just a different name.

Find an image of his first masterpiece " Vision after the sermon"

Give your thoughts on it.
I dislike most of his work but this one I really dislike.I don't like the plain red parts in it and the tree right in the middle. I don't like the colors, the position he put the people and plus I don't understand the meaning of this painting.

Define primitivism in art:

Crudeness: a wild or unrefined state and a style inspired by early or tribal cultures, or children’s art.

Define Symbolism in art:

A system of symbols and symbolic representations, the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning,or an artistic movement in the late 19Th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

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Find the "Yellow Christ" and add image

Find Tahiti (load a map ) It is the the aright of America in the Pacific Ocean.

Define syphilis and what happens to someone who does not get treatment.
A sexually transmitted disease that, left untreated, can cause damage to the nervous system, heart, or brain and ultimately death.Gaugin died of this disease and so did many other artist.

Define barbarian, do you think Gauguin was one?savage: a member of an uncivilized people and yes I think he is very barbaric.
Fine his last masterpiece "Where do we come from..."

Over all give your thoughts on his work and your feelings about it and the life he led.
Most of his work I did not like, but some I did like, for example his landscapes. The picture up above I do like it because of the dark, scary features of it.
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