Scandinavian-art

Scandinavian art

Scandinavian art is coming from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. All these places are all rich of artifacts. All the Scandinavian countries have a lot of objects coming from Bronze Age, The Celtic and Germanic Iron Ages and also the famous Viking period.

Some information about Viking Period:

The Vikings were mostly  explorers, traders and warriors who stolen, bought and traffic goods, analysed and lived across huge parts of Europe, Asia and also the North Atlantic Islands  which started to do so in from the 8th century till mid 11th century.

Beliefs:

The used to believed in a family of gods which were named Odin, Thor , Loki and Frey. The god of Elements like lightning wind, etc was Thor. Thor was also the protector of the human kind. Loki was the god of evil. Frey was the god of productiveness of human.

Early influences on Scandinavian:

The Scream made by Edvard Munch, made in 1893

The painting was painted after the photographic Realist era and before Expressionists.

The artist used oil, tempera and pastels on cardboard.

Now is situated in the national Museum in Oslo.

What i can observe:

I can see a boy creaming with exaggerate face expression. The background is with fence and two people walking at the back of the boy. The sky and sea is curved. The colours of the sky are bright red and orange with a touch of blue. Both the sky and sea are formed with lines of pastel colours and tempera. There is also straight lines on the bridge section.  It gives feeling of loneliness and madness. I think it is influences from" the Starry night" by Van Gogh which was painted in 1889 so it is also influenced from post- impressionism period. 

The starry nights by Van Gogh

It was made with oil painting.

Common facts:

 The scream and the starry nights have the curvy lines and colour used in common

How artists got influenced from "the Scream":

The character the Simpsons 

Differences between the original version and the Simpsons version:

 Lines here are softer and blended with each other both the curved and the straight areas. The artist here made the fence more realistic that the original one. The artist choose to add the Simpsons character to create humour and even the black 3 characters walking at the back are coming from the same cartoons called The Simpsons.

humoristic painting from the scream by an artist named Ron.

The colours here appear brighter than the original one. The lines are still showing. The face has an illusion of three faces in one. The two people walking at the back are more recognized that the original one. 

References:

Andre Handley (2013).Listverse. 10 pop culture versions of famouse paintings. [online]/ Available on: http://listverse.com/2013/03/02/10-pop-culture-versions-of-famous-paintings/Accessed on 28th March,2014

Art and critique (2011).Edvard Munch: The scream. [online]. Availableon: http://artandcritique.com/edvard-munch-the-scream/ Accessed on: 28th March, 2014

Monica hon(2009). Youtube. Art in a hurry. [online]. Available on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEqxZGY8VOk Accessed on: 28th March, 2014