Aesthetics Project M.O.D

                                                               "The Scream"

                                                           By: Edvard Munch

                                             Oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard.

                                                                    1893


                                                           Subjective Critique 


    When I first look at this piece I sit there wondering why does it look so messy and unprofessional…. is this a rough draft? There’s a lot of repetitive line and the sky looks like some sort of pizza sauce. It isn’t blended very well or If not at all. I have no clue what those two figures are to the left but they have no real meaning being there but just taking up space. The figure in the front looks creepy and gives a bad vibe when staring at it for too long. If I could change this piece, I would remove the two dark figures right away. The pizza sauce sky and the rest of the repetitive lines will be blended to give a less messy but more professional look. The creepy figure in front will be altered and tone down, keeping the expression of screaming, the figure would be more appeasing to look at.


                                                            Objective Critique

    Edvard Munch’s The Scream is one of the most well known pieces during the Expressionism period. His use of lines creates a great sense of emphasis within the piece. The repetitive lines show a lot of movement, making the viewers eyes move around. His use of color comes from a real life experience of a scream piercing through nature while on a walk with two companions. The warm colors used sets up the time of day and helps give the expression of what Munch was seeing while his mind was in an abnormal state. Overall, The Scream displays everything Munch was seeing at the time of this experience, giving the viewer the sense of seeing what I see, and feel what I feel.

                                                           PrePro/Progression

Final Piece

By: Lawrence Tweed

Colored Pencil on Bristol

2015

Compare and Contrast

(Original)

(My Version)

    When I recreated Edvard Munch’s The Scream, I was trying to make the piece more appeasing to look at. I kept the (screaming) figure in the foreground like the original. I also used the same colors but with a more lighter value. Comparing to the original, my figure doesn’t give off a creepy look while screaming. The two dark figures have been removed to give my figure the look and sense that he is lost.