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Overall, the essay seems to overgeneralize, overreach, and occasionally confuse sequence with causality. It's overgeneralizing, for instance, to say all female figures in his work fall at the poles of virgin/whore, and assumes too much to derive traits or behavior from what his father said, or from a period of hospitalization (post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy).
In this sentence, "symbolist" seems to be mistaken in terms of the evidence cited, and should have been "expressionist" (or Expressionist): "While stylistically influenced by the postimpressionists, Munch's subject matter is symbolist in content, depicting a state of mind rather than an external reality."
Also, when using terms like Symbolist/symbolist, Expressionist/expressionist/expressionistic, etc., there's a question of, so to speak, programmatic/selfdefined vs. empirical, or narrow vs. broad description: did the artist avow/intend the connection to a movement; was the artist of the same historical period or moment; is the term a "term of art" particular to the field of art history, with a conventionally agreed upon definition. In the preceding paragraph, uppercase seems to apply (Postimpressionist, Expressionist). Paulownia5 19:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I think you should say more OVERALL on his painting... THE SCREAM...
I think we should include a paragraph on the theft of Munch works. Karl Stas 09:31, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
And about the newly discovered painting. Uttaddmb 14:41, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Way too much focus on one painting from such a diverse painter who went through so many phases and techniques. Seriously little description of the periods that he went through. Thechosenone021 22:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Um in other searches i found that Edvard Munch was born in Loten Norway, not Adalsbruk Norway —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachiko 89 ( talk • contribs)
Dictionary.com has a small feature on their front page, "How do you say Edvard Munch?" Note that both his first and surname are pronounced strangely/wrongly. Geschichte ( talk) 10:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey I figured out colours...
Anyway, "The Scream" is a Google logo at the moment if anyone's interested. -- WikiSlasher 11:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, so perhaps the page should be protected to prevent the vandalism that typically results. RyanLivingston 13:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Painting, pastel, Norwegian Edward Munch "Scream", which shows the painter fears not to go mad, with 119,9 million dollars at Sotheby`s in New York became the most expensive painting in the world. Is that also a "recognition" of our current "collective fears" in the encreasingly globalized world? 85.114.62.130 ( talk) 11:04, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Overall, the essay seems to overgeneralize, overreach, and occasionally confuse sequence with causality. It's overgeneralizing, for instance, to say all female figures in his work fall at the poles of virgin/whore, and assumes too much to derive traits or behavior from what his father said, or from a period of hospitalization (post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy).
In this sentence, "symbolist" seems to be mistaken in terms of the evidence cited, and should have been "expressionist" (or Expressionist): "While stylistically influenced by the postimpressionists, Munch's subject matter is symbolist in content, depicting a state of mind rather than an external reality."
Also, when using terms like Symbolist/symbolist, Expressionist/expressionist/expressionistic, etc., there's a question of, so to speak, programmatic/selfdefined vs. empirical, or narrow vs. broad description: did the artist avow/intend the connection to a movement; was the artist of the same historical period or moment; is the term a "term of art" particular to the field of art history, with a conventionally agreed upon definition. In the preceding paragraph, uppercase seems to apply (Postimpressionist, Expressionist). Paulownia5 19:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I think you should say more OVERALL on his painting... THE SCREAM...
I think we should include a paragraph on the theft of Munch works. Karl Stas 09:31, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
And about the newly discovered painting. Uttaddmb 14:41, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Way too much focus on one painting from such a diverse painter who went through so many phases and techniques. Seriously little description of the periods that he went through. Thechosenone021 22:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Um in other searches i found that Edvard Munch was born in Loten Norway, not Adalsbruk Norway —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachiko 89 ( talk • contribs)
Dictionary.com has a small feature on their front page, "How do you say Edvard Munch?" Note that both his first and surname are pronounced strangely/wrongly. Geschichte ( talk) 10:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey I figured out colours...
Anyway, "The Scream" is a Google logo at the moment if anyone's interested. -- WikiSlasher 11:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, so perhaps the page should be protected to prevent the vandalism that typically results. RyanLivingston 13:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Painting, pastel, Norwegian Edward Munch "Scream", which shows the painter fears not to go mad, with 119,9 million dollars at Sotheby`s in New York became the most expensive painting in the world. Is that also a "recognition" of our current "collective fears" in the encreasingly globalized world? 85.114.62.130 ( talk) 11:04, 5 May 2012 (UTC)