Art History- Munch

The Scream

Review of
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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Review of Andy Warhol later works Exhibition

Where was the exhibition held how many (approx) works were on view?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the Milwaukee Art Museum. (MAM)There was less than 30 paintings.

What did you like most about this exhibition?
How they had some of andy's work that I have never seen.


What did you like least?
I wished there was more to see or had more his earlier works.


How would you rate the exhibition over all ? Well put together, Worthwhile, Educational and why.
Worthwhile


Describe in brief what the exhibition contained:

Andy's later work, was on large scaled canvas.

What was your favorite piece and least piece? Why?

My favorite piece was the last supper with the dove sign and the bird. In fact it was the last piece in the exhibit, and it was the last piece he did, he died recently after he painted this picture. I liked the plainness and the colors.


My least favorite was 50 Dentures. I didn't like it because it was dark and it didn't make seance to me. The colors were wrong, and there wasn't 50 teeth. To me it was a waste of canvas.




















Do a small bit of research on how urine is used in painting.

Andy Warhol,used copper metallic paint and urine on canvas which is called Oxidation Painting.



















Supply one picture on his work that you saw, example last supper work , or the camouflage pieces and one link, (it can be from the urine painting research)



































LINK: Biography forAndy Warhol


What did you think of his self portrait?

very werid, and crazy hair.