...Edvard Munch, a Norwegian artist, was born in Norway in 1863. He grew up in a family where chronic and mental illnesses were known. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was five and several years later his sister died of the same disease. Munch’s father was very religious and often referred to the premature deaths of his wife and daughter as punishment. This lead to the father’s depression which was accompanied by anger spells. Being raised by an emotionally unstable father had an immense impact on Munch’s personal mental illness. Due to the chain of tragic events that took place throughout Munch’s lifetime, he too became emotionally unstable like his father. He developed an emotional suffering that left him with feelings of anxiety and...
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...debate of how we can diagnose mental illness has fascinated me since I began research into Psychology a few years ago. It is argued there is a fine line between being a genius and being insane. Scientific evidence has been thrown back and forth to support and refute this hypothesis and yet I believe that there is no clear answer. I hope to explore this border and, using mentally disturbed artists, to explain how, if there is such a thing as insanity, it can be beneficial to the world and not seen as an obstacle. There is such bias and so many flaws in diagnostic systems that we cannot be sure to what extent someone can be creative without being labeled as insane. My aim is to find the relationship between the two, studying artists such as Edvard Munch and Van Gogh. Their art has influenced artistic movements such as post-impressionism and expressionism. It is thought their mentality influenced their work. Creativity is defined as ‘producing or using original and unusual ideas’. Biologically, creative ideas occur from unconscious states of mind, from random nerves being fired. It has been shown that highly creative abilities are common in people who have family history of mental illness and thus they carry a higher risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Research into the Thalamic region of the brain show high dopamine levels is the common link between creative and schizophrenic minds. This can support the idea that artistic people could have mental disorders exemplified in their...
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...Susan Hill’s novella ‘The Woman in Black’ tells the story of a young London solicitor, Arthur Kipps, sent to a small northern town to settle the affairs of an old woman, Alice Drablow, who has recently died. When Kipps arrives in Crythin Grifford he finds that the locals are unfriendly; they shun him and refuse to talk of Mrs Drablow. However, after repeated sightings of a frighteningly ill woman dressed all in black, his descent into true heart-pounding horror begins as he tries to figure out the story behind the mysterious apparitions. At the funeral of Mrs Drablow, Arthur Kipps catches his first sight of the Woman in Black. Hill uses onomatopoeia to create mood and atmosphere; Kipps hears the “slight rustle” which repeated throughout the novel becomes associated with the approach or departure of ghost of Jennet Humfrye. Using words like rustle (onomatopoeia) is literary device ideal for Hill as using such vivid language appeals to the five senses. The sound suggests the movement of fabric, crucially the movement of the apparition’s clothes, however rustle implies an element of subtlety, hence the apparition is slight and not obvious, and for Kipps to hear this sound also presents the silence of the church during the funeral’s procession, also adding to the ominousness of the atmosphere. When Hill uses the word rustle, the word itself sounds like the sound it’s describing this way Hill is making her text realistic, almost audible, imagistic and tangible. Hill also uses...
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...Edvard Munch had a rough and rocky start to his life. At just the ripe age of five, Munch lost his own mother to tuberculosis, which was only the beginning of all the tragedies he would suffer through in his life. During the remainder of his life, he witnessed his sister, Sophie, suffer and die of the same illness as their mother did and watched another sister become institutionalized for most of her life due to a mental illness she had. Munch’s only brother died at the age of thirty from pneumonia. His father also suffered from a mental illness after losing his wife and having to raise all five kids by himself. Munch himself even suffered a mental illness and that is where the inspiration for most of his artwork came from. Edvard Munch created a sense of insanity and normalcy all in one when he painted The Scream. This piece of art is very abstract and unique in its meaning. Munch used a variety of devices from his artistic mind to make sure The Scream turned out perfectly. His use of warm and cool colors, foreground action, background serenity, and wavy shapes and straight lines shows the audience everything that might have been going on in his mind. Not everyone can empathize with him in that aspect, but most can tell that it was a lot to deal with just...
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...Edvard Grieg was born on June 15th, 1843 in Bergen, Norway. Died on September 4, 1907 resulting from a heart failure. His parents were Alexander Greig(1806-1875) and Gesine Judithe Hagerup(1814-1875). He married Nina Hagerup on June 11, 1867. Nina Hagerup was born in November 24, 1845 in Bergen, Norway and died on December 9 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Edvard is the father of Alexandra Greig (4/10/1868-1869), who died at the age of one resulting from meningitis. Greig learned how to play the piano at the age of six. He went to school in several including Tanks Upper School, Tank's Upper School and the N. P. S., Norwegian Private School. He composed Peer Gynt, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Piano Concerto, and Morning Mood (ect.). In the...
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...into the faces particularly of his pieces, it makes them look extremely detailed and look almost real. Erik Jones suffers from mild depression, however his focus is not necessarily on himself, it is much more based upon others who suffer from depression, as well as schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, etc. This influenced several pieces of his work, if not all of it. Erik was extremely interested in the human body, male and female, however his main passion in the body was faces, but more particularly eyes. Erik shows most of the emotion in his pictures through the eyes of the person he is drawing/painting. This piece of work by Edvard Munch is called ‘The Scream’. Edvard uses distinct coloured oil pastels in his work, such as blacks, blues and reds. He uses a huge contrast in ‘The Scream’, it is supposed to be a reflection on how Edvard felt. He suffered from a depression and later became an alcoholic; this is something which inspired many aspects of his work, right up till the...
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...The Hidden Parts Everything is hidden. One watches the movies, reads the literature and even looks at the arts but does not really look at the true meaning behind all of this. The hidden theme. Alienation. “It is used to refer both to a personal psychological state and to a type of social relationship” (Kalekin, 1) Many may have heard of Marx theory. Karl Marx, a well known philosopher in the twentieth century went and pursued his calling. “[His] works inspired the foundation of many communist regimes” (“Karl”, 1). Istvan Meszaros clearly states Marx theory on the origination of alienation in a way that no man can ever forget. “It must be made equally clear, however, that such influences are exercised in the dialectical sense of ‘“continuity in discontinuity”’ (Meszaros, 1). There is very much “continuity in discontinuity” in literature, media, and the arts of today. In Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein, the hideous ‘monster’ that was created by Victor Frankenstein was frowned upon, fled from, and even abandoned by his own creator. This shows the inhumanity that society shows towards those who are different. “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies?” (Shelley, 115) The creature had merely a different look, but his emotions and desires were no different than any other human: love, companionship, and a sense of belonging. Many cast him away because his looks rang out evil. "I am alone...
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...The Scream is a classic art piece. This piece is classic because of how simple it is, yet how effective it is at evoking emotions in the viewer, particularly with its unease and fear. It's a striking piece because of its abstract nature. The lack of details leaves much to the imagination. Why is the figure screaming? Where are they? Who are they? They seem to be on a bridge, but even that much is vague. Why are there other people, seemingly calm in the background? This piece can be the topic of endless debate. Additionally, as we cannot hear the scream, this seems to add yet another level of eeriness to this picture. The figure to me seems to be Munch, himself, he’s portraying himself in an uncomfortable situation that happens in everyday life for everyone but he’s fueling the emotion right now. Munch is using art to portray his feelings towards a certain situation, it cries out in his painting because there is a lot of angst, hurt and pain through the scream. The background of the picture looks very calm and eerie, almost as if death is approaching the figure or something in its life. There is an array of colors that go from warm to dreary that add tension to the picture depicting change in passion. The ships are coming in to wash away the weak. They’re sitting in the sunset waiting for the right time to move in, do the job and move out. The figures in the back are glum because the screamer isn’t keeping this a secret; it’s just not affecting any of the other people...
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...“The Scream” by Edvard Munch has a lot of detail that catches your eye. All the detail impacted my opinion as what I think is going on in the painters mind while he was painting this. A detail that catches my eye is the detail put into the sunset. In the background, the sunset looks like stripes of dried blood stains from a victim. Almost as if the person was hurt severely and were left to die. The blood from this victim was left to stream across the ground. This impacted the painting because I can infer what time of day this painting takes place. Another detail that catches my eye is the black swirl like thing. To me it looks like a giant loch ness monster that came up from the ocean. The monster is swallowing people one by one that were...
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...Ed Malinowski 11/10/10 Process Essay Importing video into iMovie There are many different video-editing computer programs out there ranging from amateur to professional. Their level of complexity is usually reflected in the price. But I have found, for my simple needs, that nothing beats the interface of iMovie 2. Even though the program came out nearly ten years ago, it still offers a streamlined performance that remains compatible with popular movie formats in use today. I am still able to import video, if it can play in QuickTime, edit it, import and add up to two audio tracks, add transitions to video, edit audio, fade in or out, and export the completed movie into many different formats. I will explain how I do it so that if you’re interested, you can do it too. First you need a few materials. Naturally, you need a Macintosh computer running at least Mac OS 9. If you’ve bought a Mac in the last ten years, it’ll probably be 9 or higher anyway. Next, you need the program iMovie 2. I bought the disc secondhand off of ebay for only ten dollars, but you may be able to find it available as freeware online. Next, you need to also have QuickTime 7 Pro, also available free...
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...Series 7 – Episode 50 Addis Ababa – means New Flower Robert Neville main character in which movie – I am Legend Guggenheim Museums are there in Bilbao and Berlin, not in Barcelona Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth Which newspaper exposed Watergate scandal? - Washington Post Bluebottle is slang term for which profession – Police Officers In the US, Stonewall riots coincided with funeral of who? – Judy Garland John Couch Adams discovered which planet? – Neptune States aim of the BBC is educate, inform and entertain What nuts are used to make the Italian liqueur Nocino? – Walnuts Where would a cowboy wear a rowel? – On his boots Lemon and goblin are species of which aquatic creature? – Shark On what date on 1944 did Anne Frank make her last entry in the diary? – August 1 The 1520 meeting where Henry VIII had a wresting match with the King of France is called the Field of the Cloth of Gold Check up the soaps – Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Who is the first solo male singer to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest? – Bryan Johnson In a traditional gurning competition, participants pull faces while wearing what item? – Horse collar In a suit of armour, a jambeau protects what part of the body? – Leg Winston Churchill’s parliamentary career spans which period? – 1900 – 1964 What ancient title is given to judicial officers with responsibility for the Royal Forests? – Verderer A demitasse is a small cup used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso ...
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...Edvard Grieg Some say he painted the scenery, the people, and the moods of Norway with notes. He was Edvard Haurerp Grieg; a Norwegian composer who made significant advances in composing music. Edvard Grieg was one of the respected musicians of the Romantic Period and discovered his talent very early on. Grieg, although only playing the piano and the organ, had written many sonatas, concertos, and simple pieces for many different instruments such as the violin. He also wrote and played on a Norwegian instruments, such as a Hardanger fiddle, which was the country's national folk instrument. Edvard Grieg was born on June 15, 1843, in Bergen Norway as the fourth child out of five. His father was in the fish export business as well as the British Couselship. His mother was a singer, a pianist, a piano teacher, a famous accompanist and shadowed Ole Bull as well. The music gene must have run through the family as Grieg's brother and sister were also interested in playing very early on. As a child, Grieg did not do well in the academic section of school, but was quickly became interested in composing. It was around that time that Norway had gained its independence and haf just entered a period of romanticized cultural nationalism. This is what gave Grieg most of his inspiration. Ole bull had visited Grieg's mother at her home for dinner when he had Grieg playing something of his own on the piano. Recognizing the talent that Grieg had, Ole Bull suggested to Grieg's parents that they...
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...EL CRIT, de Edvard Munch Documentació general Títol: El crit Autor: Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Cronologia: 1893 Estil: Expressionisme alemany Tècnica: oli i tremp Suport: cartró Localització: Galeria Nacional d'Oslo En el quadre veiem a una persona, no se sap si és home o dona, amb les mans a la cara i cridant. Al fons veiem a dues persones que sembla que no s'adonin del crit de l'ésser humà que trobem en un primer pla, semblen dues figures alienes a la situació. Estil i autor Edvard Munch (1863-1944) va ser un autor precursor de l'expressionisme alemany. Pintor profund i angoixat, va marcar el camí de l'expressionisme a Europa. La seva vida, plena de tragèdies, va fer que s'obsessionés amb temes com la mort, la malaltia i la bogeria. L'any 1885 es va establir a París, per trobar una manera de canalitzar la seva ansietat en l'art simbolista. Allà es va sentir atret per l'obra de Gauguin i Van Gogh. El 1908, després d'haver superat la seva crisi, va abandonar aquest corrent simbolista i es va centrar en l'expressionisme, corrent que va marcar tota la seva trajectòria. Algunes de les seves obres són: “La nena malalt”, “Les noies en el moll”, “El petó”,.. Aquesta obra, “El Crit”, és l'expressió pictòrica de la por de Munch, i representa una situació de temor i angoixa insostenible. És l'obra més famosa de l'autor. Els expressionistes alemanys van trobar en Munch una font d'inspiració. Les característiques bàsiques de l'expressionisme són el dinamisme, l'expressió dels sentiments...
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...Psychoanalysis and Perspective Psychoanalysis and perspective can be used when analysing and deconstructing artworks. It can provide insight into the unconscious desires and defences of the artist. This is particularly the case when looking at expressionist and surrealist artworks, as these artists focus on representing and expressing their inner world, their unconscious thoughts, emotions and dreams. By looking at these artist’s lives and their artworks we can see connections between and gain insight into their psychological state and the psychology of the artworks. Psychoanalysis is a branch of science developed by Sigmund Freud. It is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behaviour and it can be used as a method for investigating he mind; increasing knowledge about human behaviour and as a way of treating psychological or emotional illness. Freud’s method of treating patients involved the person being analysed verbalising thoughts, associations, fantasies and dreams. The analyst interprets the unconscious conflicts that may be causing the patients symptoms or behavioural and character problems. This leads to an insight of the problem and how it might be resolved – often by confronting the patient’s defences, wishes and guilt. How a person reacts in certain situations is often symbolic of a deeper unconscious conflict and psychoanalysis delves right into the unconscious and subconscious. Psychoanalysis first developed in Vienna in the 1890s by...
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...the office building is A Matador by Edouard Manet. I would set this painting up in the conference room because it would remind the employees that sometimes we must stand our ground in order to accomplish the mission. The final painting from the Impressionist period is A Road in Louveciennes by Auguste Renoir. This one, much like the first one would be set in an environment to trigger relaxation. The first of three painting or sculptures I would select from the Post-Impressionist period is Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. This is a powerful piece of art and very famous. It is meant to capture the transcendent essence of the stars and the night. Another painting from the Post-Impressionist period is The Scream. This painting was done by Edvard Munch. This is a great painting because it reminds anyone who sees it about the struggles of life. The last painting I would select for the office is Gulf of Marseilles by Paul Cezanne. The first three paintings that I made reference to fall under the Impressionism period because they are paintings that represent a scene from the eyes of the painter. The paintings that I chose from the Post-Impressionism period are sought to capture the transcendent essence of the subject being painted. The artists didn’t want fleeting sensory...
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