Sun and Moon Theme Continued
Top of the Day is the vibrant explosion of color, a very large mural entitled The Sun by Edvard Munch! Munch is famous for his macabre interpretations of life, The Scream, for instance -- this mural he created is night & day (is this a pun?) from his usual work. Our Grand Gang saw hints of Klimt & they were contemporaries though it's unclear how well they knew each other. But they certainly inspired each other's work.
Our first visual was the Water and Moon Kuan-yin Bodhisattva by an unknown artist around 1227 in a cave grotto! It's part of a series we hope to explore at a later day. We also viewed a 1635 engraving of The Moon in its Final Quarter by Claude Mellan, created only a couple of decades after the (official) invention of the telescope. Such detail for the early 1600s! Finally an eerie (and huge!) painting of The Phantom Canoe: A Legend of Lake Tarawera from 1888 by Kennett Watkins. The legend says a canoe of Maori Spirits appeared ten days before the eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand. Great fun!
Here are the links to today's pictures
Also, you can find more information on The Sun by Edvard Munch here.
I am so grateful to the many people who have created an extraordinary way to connect our life experiences that allow us to share how we see these amazing works of art.
ReplyDeleteMy first experience with Edvard Munch was The Scream. In my next life I plan on returning as a film historian or dancer but that is another story. I have a modest knowledge of film and many of the art we see will remind me of something, most of the time it will be a movie. There is a wonderful movie about Edvard Munch made in 1974. It is 3 hours long but well worth the view and of course with subtitles because it is not English. But this was not my 1st choice of art we saw this session which surprised me. I love Edvard Munch.
My first choice was The Phantom Canoe. It was so dark that it was difficult to see what it was. Thank goodness Greg was able to clear that up because I thought I was viewing from the phantom canoe and did not see the spirits and their boat until later.
Before Greg told the story, I was sent to a romantic place and a movie called LadyHawke starring Rutger Hauer. As Greg told the story, I was immediately reminded of my favorite children's author/illustrator Chris Van Allsburg and the first book I read of his. No, not Polar Express or Jumanji but a book just as eerily beautiful as the painting of the Phantom Canoe. It is called The Chronicles of Harris Burdick. It is 14 illustrations. Can't wait until the next time we meet. Stay safe!