Insanity In Edvard Munch's The Scream

Despite the disappointments that goes on in one’s life, failure can become a success. Richard Wright and Vincent Van Gogh are two examples of rags to riches. Richard had to overcome many obstacles to get where he is at now. Vincent dealt with illnesses and rejection most of his life. The one thing that both of these men have in common is they started off with nothing but ended up with something.

In Van Gogh’s piece of art “Prisoners Exercising” (1890) is shown sadness, depression, and despair of the prisoners. You can say that prisoners are also hopeless, by how the artist drew faces of some of the prisoners. The artist used black, gray, dark blue, brown and dull orange colors, these colors make you feel sad and distressed. By looking at this painting and the colours that were used we can say that Van Gogh was feeling depressed and he had a life crisis. I believe that the artist’s message that he wanted to deliver is, this is how life can look like, making circles in a small room, loneliness, being controlled by other people who are watching your each and every step that you take. Maybe he wanted to show how people look like when they are freedomless.

It seemed to me that I could hear the scream. I painted this picture; painted the clouds as real blood. The colors screamed" (Preble 52). Some people, when they look at this painting, only see

The setting of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is in the late nineteenth-century London, where the flourishing of technology is replacing people’s belief of the old superstitious ways. The characters in this novel experience contacts with the supernatural beings that is unable to be proven even by the most advanced technology at the time, which leads them to doubt their own sanity. However, the progression of the novel proves that peace is restored into the characters’ lives after their doubts and confusions about what is reality and who is really mad. Ultimately, the categorization of the sane against the mad is unnecessary since the distinguishing factors shown in the novel are ambiguous. Subsequently, no characters can

Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the importance of Edvard Munch’s contribution to modern art.

Human emotions remain as one of the world’s biggest secrets. Like sleep, we know what happens to our body when we experience these emotions whether it be a release of hormones or a certain area on the body becomes more sensitive. But we don’t know why we have them, experience them, or what purpose they serve. All we know is everyone’s emotions behave differently. Different types of arts can elicit completely different emotional response from people. Some art may have the ability to appeal to dangerous emotions in certain people. Whether it be the corruption of a once faithful and beautiful young girl, plagued by the desire for romanticism and lofty ideas, or a handsome young nobleman who is obsessed with living life to fullest. Both are fueled by the emotion that a certain type of art elicits in them, leaving them in a never ending chase that ruins there life’s. In the Novels Madame Bovary and The Picture of Dorian Grey the protagonists in these stories perfectly exemplifies the danger of arts emotional appeal by showing the corruption and eventual downfall of two once young and beautiful souls by exposing them to art that pleases dangerous emotions such as desire, pleasure, entitlement and disappointment.

Observers of Van Gogh’s life believed that his eccentricities, compounded to create many distressing experiences that directly impacted the development of Expressionism. This was visible from his early childhood. Painting was no longer seen through pictures, it became a crucible that could hold all of the artist’s passions, conflicts, and unrealized dreams. (Encyclopedia.com)

In Edgar Allen Poe‘s work, a majority of the character will reflect or have the a crazy or depressed inner world. In order to highlight and emphasis the “crazy” “messy” and “mad” mental condition, author will use those symbolized images. Meanwhile, the inner world can be visualized. As an additional effect, some of the images will have the function of doubling the emotion or add up the sense of depression.

never be completely obliterated. Edmund Munch’s “The Scream” expresses radical emotions through his display of mysterious shapes and shadows, as well as strong colors. Analysis painting reveals that his mental state was affected by “The Scream” which emphasizes his “honest, even ugly glimpse of his inner troubles and feelings of anxiety” (Shabi). He goes on to describe the nature in a dark way using symbolism such as “sky turned as red as blood” and a hell where “‘tongues of fire’ savagely lick at the frazzled and overwhelmed person” (Shabi). It is hypothesized the painting was a medium through which Munch could reveal the emotions that sparked from

This painter’s typical style for his paintings are customarily dark psychological themes. The death of the majority of his family members at a young age along with a mentally ill sibling, seem to significantly impact his style and approach for his paintings. “Illness, insanity, and death,” as he said “Were the black angels that kept watch over my cradle and accompanied me all my life”.(Watson EB Editors) Munch’s first painting “The Sick Child”(year) illustrates his emotions throughout the beginning of his life. As Edvard Munch traveled around Europe there was a larger variety of influences. This caused Munch’s technique in his paintings to mature and develop into a more personalized style. He still continued to paint in his psychological style, Munch also gained the ability to paint in other types of themes. One theme he particularly is drawn towards at that time is the theme of Love. This theme is by his painting “The Voice”(1893), “The Kiss”(1892), “Jealousy”(1894-95), and other paintings. The dramatic view of his matured technique and his insane psychological views are mixed together in his most famous work known as “The

Edvard Munch, a professional painter and printmaker, was born on December 12th, 1863. In 1879, Munch began attending a technical college to study engineering in Christiania (now Oslo) Norway, but left a year later when his passion for art overtook his interest in engineering. In 1881, he enrolled at the Royal School of Art and Design. Munch died in his house at Ekely near Oslo on January 23rd, 1944, about a month after his 80th birthday. He had pneumonia, complicated by cardiovascular disease. The inspiration for this great painting came about from an affair, his friend, Jappe Nilssen, was a part of. This is reflected in the painting, in which the despondent man’s mood is symbolized by the dark colors, the shoreline and gloomy skyline surrounding

The art world has a limitless array of mediums and different artistic periods, challenging the opinion of what should be accepted by the masses. "Expressionism is the art of the emotive, the art of tension provoked by consciousness of the forces which surround modern humankind." Challenging the academic traditions of the previous centuries, Edvard Munch impacted the art world as an instrumental leader in the development of modern German expressionism. His painting The Scream has made its mark in questioning the ideals of what is acceptable concerning the history of art. The paper will discuss Munch’s life history, uncovering the influences which led him to expressionism, as well as a detailed description and analysis of The Scream,

Dark colors picture anguish, loneliness and to a certain extent the feeling of insignificance of the man. On the other hand, bright colors denote what he thinks of his lover. Munch use lines to draw the viewer’s attention to the main area of interest. In this case, that is the connectedness of the man with his lover despite their separation. One example of a line is the woman’s golden hair floating towards him as a symbol of their love. Lines are also used to etch the man’s facial expressions and the woman’s lack thereof. But other than the two lovers, the nature in the background has a symbolic meaning. The crimson bush, the tree, the land, the sky and the water all help represent the man’s inner turmoil. All of the elements of the painting collectively help to convey the permanence of

     Munch had a series of paintings that were exhibited in a major art show in Berlin. The series was entitled The Frieze of Life, all six of these paintings caused such shock that the show was forced to shut down. Munch had so much feelings, passions, anguish, stress, sorrow, and pain in his paintings that people just didn't understand what was going on. He thought that people were just afraid of the truth. Munch had let his feelings out, not through rage or anger, but through art, some people that attended the show saw more than just art they saw one mans feelings. Munch's painting began having a big part in German Expressionism.

reached the age of 14. At 18 he became more serious about his art and