In this essay , the focus would be put on the painting(The Scream by Edvard Munch) and a photograph(The fast by our group) and they would be analyzed according to various fields, such as, content, color-tone, perspective, medium and intrinsic meaning in the following paragraphs.
CONTENT:
The background of the Scream is reddish sky and the view from a mountain in Norway, and the Fast, is the moving bus and a traffic light on the red which is the symbol of busy lift in Hong Kong. In these two artworks, there is one common method of presenting the background which is using the composition of lines. This composition of lines of two artworks can show the dynamic movement of the background to the viewers. In the Scream, the background is composited by some obvious brushstrokes and continuous lines while for the Fast, the bus is decomposed into many horizontal lines and there is a deliberate extension of the moving bus and some fading out effect at the right of the artwork. The blurred and unclear background can provide a room for the viewers imagine.
Except for the background, the main object of the Fast is a woman in the bottom of the left stands in the traffic island is waiting for the green light switch on and facing the right of the artwork. The viewers can see the lateral side of the woman only. Her facial expression is not clearly seen. It may draw the viewers’ curiosity about what happened in the right of the photograph. In contrast to the woman stand on the traffic island, the action of blocking out the sound pushes insides in the central is the main object. Its head likes a skull and repeats the landscape curves and its body is distorted. The viewers can see its facial expression clearly and feel the anxiety and sorrow from the main object. Both of the main objects are exhibited the half-length of the body.
COLOR-TONE:
They both used warm color to express their emotions and feelings and to spark viewers’ imagination. Munch used non-local color to depict the nature, he used warm and bright colors, liked the reds, oranges and yellows intensively to depict the sunset and with blues, pinks to define the water. Both sky and water seem caught up in an endless swirl echoes artist’s anguish. He tried to depict the colors were screaming and painted the color like real blood. And the Fast also captured the similar warm lights, such as the reds, yellows and some dark lights to present the busy and rapidly life involved some of the emotions which cannot be liberated in our modern society. Therefore, both art works were used similar color tones to depict the situation what the artists wanted to present or interested in.
PERSPECTIVE:
The function of the background and the position of the main object in two artworks is to draw the focus of the viewers. In the Scream, a dark and firm character stands in front of the central part of the colorful and loose background. This big contrast can stick out the main object to the viewers. In the Fast, the viewers can see the similar combination of the background and the main object in order to achieve the similar attempt. Thus, the focusing point of the Scream is the agonized figure (centre) and the Fast is the woman (left). The different in the position of the main object makes the different in the perspective of two artworks. The perspective of the Scream is upon the main object which creates a depth space of the background. In the Fast, the perspective is in the right which creates the intrinsic infinite extension of the background to the viewers.
MEDIUM:
The Scream was used different media, an oil, pastel and casein on cardboard and the oil painting will be analyzed. Within the painting, he met his own stated goal of “the study of the soul, which was to say the study of my own self”. He used oil textures to leave some obvious brushstrokes in order to arouse audiences’ attention and encourage them to explore his inner world. The Fast used photography to present the contemporary and busy life in Hong Kong, since the object and view captured are more closely related to how we see things with our eyes, the camera was a mechanical device that could objectively capture the world without the restraints of place and time. Different mediums have their own advantages to ingratiate different needs of artists.
INTRINSIC MEANING:
In this art work, we try to express and interpret that everything in Hong Kong seems to be a glimpse of feelings as people are overwhelmed by rumors and gossips. People who live in Hong Kong might be protected by a well-constructed city planning. Nonetheless, People have to wear a mask and cope with various kinds of staffs and people which make them suffocate and easy to get sick mentally.
Hong Kong actually is a place of intrigue and a place which money comes first. Ostensibly, everything seems to be in harmony with others, however, if you look deeper, you would see people lost their soul. In this artwork, there is a woman who stands in the traffic island is implied the confusion when people are making decisions even though she is lost and weak-minded. There is a hidden meaning that one has to keep wondering the meaning of life constantly as one has no choice to stop thinking because one lives in a rapidly changing generation in this day and age.
Moreover , People might try to keep themselves in the dark and that is the reason why we set the background about night ,darkness and black and it shows the character is contemplating .We captured this moment as it brings the meaning of the rhythm of Hong Kong life style is very fast and it’s about speed, quick movement and change.
On the other hand , in the paintings – The Scream, it also shows the sorrow, depression and dissatisfaction towards one’s life. Some say the character is the painter (Edvard Munch) himself and he tried to voice his intra-personal feelings out by this painting as the audience would feel the way he felt by the compositions , colors ,lines and spaces used in this painting.
Both of the artworks show relatively negative attitudes towards life and they also reflect one’s in-depth through the facial expressions of the subject matters. Also, the viewers could perceive both of them show the feelings directly and indirectly which hinges on how the viewers perceive and judge the artwork.
All in all, both art and life are something hard to define and no one could exactly hit the nail on the head about what is life and art. Yet, it depends on how people perceive and that’s the amazing power of art – a room left for further imagination.
Attachment:
(1) Edvard Munch – The Scream
| Artist | Edvard Munch |
|---|---|
| Year | 1893 |
| Type | Oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard |
| Dimensions | 91 cm × 73.5 cm (36 in × 28.9 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, Oslo |
(2) Art-work
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