...The Scream By: Edvard Munch From early on Edvard Munch was troubled. His mother passed when he was very young, as well as his sister. The blow of the passing of these family members was not to be softened by a military father who twisted Christianity to fit his radical views. Family tragedy caused Dr. Munch to be very violent and depressed. This, as well as Edvard’s consistent illness, was the motivation for Dr. Munch to constantly lash out and claim that this was Gods way of punishment. Edvard is quoted saying, “Sickness, insanity, and death were the dark angels standing guard at my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life”. The Scream was born from this shadowy place in Edvard’s heart and mind. Originally made from pastels on cardboard, it was created several times with multiple mediums by Munch. On record, The Scream is currently the most expensive painting ever sold. The 1895 pastel and cardboard painting was bought in May of 2012 for $120 million in New York City. This piece is not only rich in monetary value, but meaning as well. Edvard Munch created The Scream to displays the insanity within himself, and how he views the world around him. In his self-expression there are formal interpretations of colors and dramatic use of space and perspective, as well as rippling curves of the landscape which all come together to describe the anxiety and manifestation of the piece. The most evident formal element in the scream is color. Drastic use of color depicts the...
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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...artists, however I think his art looks especially lifelike. He puts a lot of time and effort 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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...Frito Lay Company Cracker Jack Case Analysis Marketing Essay Frito-Lay is worldwide leader in snack manufacturing and marketing. It represented 54 percent of retail sales of snack chips in United States, making it leader in that category. Frito-Lay is division of PepsiCo. Inc and in 1996 represented 31 percent of PepsiCo's net sales and 60 percent of PepsiCo's operating profit (Kerin & Peterson, 2010). Some of popular brands of Frio-Lay are Lay's and Ruffles, Doritos, Tostitos, Potato chips, Cheetos, Sun Chips and Funyuns onion-flavored snacks. During 1990's majority of Frito-Lay's growth was attributed to its low-fat and no-fat snacks such as Baked Lay's potato crisps, Baked Tostitos tortilla chips, and Rold Gold pretzels. Frito-Lay has extensive manufacturing infrastructure with 45 manufacturing plants in 26 states, including world's largest snack food plan in Frankfort, Indiana. It has extensive warehouses and distribution facilities as well with more than 1,800 in number and 17,500 salespeople who make 750,000 sales and delivery calls on approx 350,000 retail store customers each week (Kerin & Peterson, 2010). It also is one of leading national advertisers in the United States. Borden Foods' Cracker Jack is one of leading brand in Ready-To-Eat (RTE) caramel popcorn category. Because of Borden's strategic decision to focus its resources on pasta business and grain-meals, which needs significant resource investment, it has decided to divest Cracker Jack and related assets....
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...just capriciously supported the Nazi in his way. He silently falsified the cause of prisoners’ death to cover the sins of Nazi but never told the truth. He could have refused the orders of the Nazi, but he chose to follow the orders. The neglect of one assistant is tiny, but when each assistant contributes to the same kind of neglect, the inaction becomes a source of power. Even though it is hard to expect every ordinary person to challenge the authority directly, but if one wants to make changes or do something for those innocent people, one should always find a way to fight against the wrong. During World War II, there was a doctor named Hans Munch, who worked at Auschwitz concentration camp. When prisoners disembarked on the camp, Nazi always kept strong men alive and executed women and the sick whom they thought to be weaker. Munch refused to judge who should be executed when the Nazi asked him to do so. As a righteous human being, he could not bear to the end of the lives of others in such a brutal way. He was silent as well, but he...
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...Name: Live Right Eat Good. Aims: The aims of the campaign is promote a sandwich store and encourage eating the healthy option when hungry on lunch breaks or finishing work. Name: Live Right Eat Good. Aims: The aims of the campaign is promote a sandwich store and encourage eating the healthy option when hungry on lunch breaks or finishing work. The campaign will be promoted through bill-boards a recognisable person in the local area will be as a model in the promotion. Business cards will also be used. The campaign will be promoted through bill-boards a recognisable person in the local area will be as a model in the promotion. Business cards will also be used. Target Market: The campaign is targeting workers on who are their breaks, ideally industrial workers as they will need something that will give them amounts of energy for their practical work. Target Market: The campaign is targeting workers on who are their breaks, ideally industrial workers as they will need something that will give them amounts of energy for their practical work. In regards to this campaign and the products being used, the demographic has been selected as they will generate the most sales and profit. In regards to this campaign and the products being used, the demographic has been selected as they will generate the most sales and profit. Target Market Target Market Campaign Brief Why that target market has been selected is because on breaks at work, workers tend buy the quickest...
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