In my media exploration and comparison, I chose to compare an oil painting and an acrylic painting. The first painting I want to talk about is “The Scream” painted in Norway in 1893 by Edvard Munch. This is an oil based painting, that uses strong colors to contrast statements. The painting meaning is simple, a man walking on a bridge has a strong moment of anxiety and stress causing an existential crisis therefore his facial expression. Using the bright colors and a wavy sort of spinning type strokes he tries to show us his feelings in his emotional state. There has been controversy over who the painting is of or if it is just a fictional person, but with the horrendous facial features and unproportioned body, it couldn’t be confirmed. Edvard …show more content…
The long wavy lines throughout the whole painting give great emphasis on the strong feeling of stress. This is probably one of my favorite oil painting and for good reason. The second painting I want to indulge about is “Saturn Devouring his son” painted in Madrid in 1819 by Francisco Goya. This is an acrylic based painting, that uses very dark colors to emphasize the dark things depicted. This artwork is very disturbing, and was considered to be one of their greatest modern paintings of the 19th century. This painting belongs to the series called “Black Paintings” his younger and starting out paintings were not dark or demeaning as his later paintings and this can be explained because as he grew older he got sick. He was struggling with depression and paranoia, as well as the fear of his death. The purpose of the painting is just depicting the myth that the roman god Saturn would be overthrown by one of his sons, so he ate each of them moments after they were born. This picture is just so messed up in so many ways! This depicted frenzied psychopath is caught in the dark, unable to control his