#FunFactFriday Scream Movies Quite clever really Art History Behind Edvard Munch’s The Scream (1893) The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream was painted in 1893 during a unique transitional period in art history. The Scream was painted after the end of the photographic Realist era, when artists wanted to show off their technical skills. The Scream was also painted right before the Expressionists and other artists of the early twentieth century made it a trend to put a focus on the expression of their inner feelings and emotions through their art rather than displaying how realistically they could paint an image or object. The Starry Night and The Scream both fall between these two distinct periods in art history, with both paintings often cited by art history scholars as possibly serving as the spark that ignited the big paradigm shift that occurred around this time. Unlike Van Gogh, however, Edvard Munch received much public attention for his art, mostly in the form of media controversy, during his actual lifetime and artistic career. Read more legomenon/meaning-of-the-scream-1893-painting-by-edvard-munch.html
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:30:01 +0000