寓藝於醫

學生 : 王志明

Write-up 1
	Description: What’s going on in this picture? (Please describe in details about themes of landscape or character, light, shape, color, brightness or texture.)，	Analysis: What do you see that makes you say that? (Is it size, shape, focus, texture, line, space, unity, balance, movement, contrast, pattern, color tone, proportion/size or the relationship among them?)	Interpretation: What message did the author would like to share through this painting? How did you feel after appreciating this painting?	Judgment: What is your opinion about this painting? Does it achieve in expressing its message?
畫作名稱 : Spring by Edvard Munch	In a chamber, there are two women sitting beside the open window with wind blowing, the younger one looks illness and the older one is taking care of her.	The color tone and the thickness of the texture makes the paint looks harmony and has its temperature. Most items placed on the left side, so do the two women. The dark colors make the visual weight heavier on the left side, which is in contrast to the white window, but the difference is balanced a little bit when the light shoot into the room. The young lady lying on the rocking chair is not looking out of the window and her facial expression seems boring. The old woman handing a glass of water with her two hands sitting forward to the young lady just like she's worry about her.	Spring, the beginning of season, is a symbol of life growing. For the young lady, this spring might be the last one in her life. With the old woman's care, the light from the outside and the plants, It seems peaceful and warm, but down. The old woman have to see her girl die earlier than herself and she grasp the chance to being with her.	It reminds me that we should cherish the time we can get together with someone, because the future is unpredictable. I think it do express the message by building the atmosphere of the paint, which let me get into the feeling as times go by.

Introduction

Original Title: Våren

Date: 1889

Style: Expressionism

Period: European period

Genre: Painting

Media: Oil, canvas

Location: National Gallery, Oslo, Norway

Dimensions: 169 x 263.5 cm

It was 1889, or even earlier in our childhood. You are now seeing this image through my brother’s memory. We are the Munch family from Norway.

I was certainly ill, having no strength to enjoy the beautiful spring. Back in the 19th century, tuberculosis was an undefeatable disease. It brought fear, death, sorrow, isolation and loneliness. After a long, white winter, especially for Nordic people, spring is the season that brings light, colors and the awakening of lives. With the coming of spring, we do not feel discouraged. Though our external self is progressively wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. I know I have a permanent place in my brother’s heart. You’re seeing this eternal hope through his remembrance.

Analysis

As spring conquered the long, white winter, a mild light and a fresh wind came in through the window, lighting up the room. We then see this weary young lady, seated with her head against a pillow. From a viewer’s perspective, which might once be the same perspective as the painter, we can see her face; tired, with her eyelids closed.

From our line of vision to the left, there seated an older lady, next to the one who was sick. We cannot see her face, but from the angle of her position, we can tell that she was gazing towards the window and the light. In comparison, her ruddy skin made the young lady’s seemed even more pale.

We continue to move our sight to the extreme left, towards the end of the canvas. Here on a table, we can see a glass bottle and objects resembling medicine. These can be supportive evidence that someone in the room was sick.

Many believe that the picture was inspired by the painter’s beloved young sister, who died of tuberculosis in 1877. Illness and cure, disappointment and expectation, death and life; the painter expressed a piece of this journey in life upon this canvas, and it is considered as one of his best works of the period.

Write-up 2
	Description: What’s going on in this picture? (Please describe in details about themes of landscape or character, light, shape, color, brightness or texture.)，	Analysis: What do you see that makes you say that? (Is it size, shape, focus, texture, line, space, unity, balance, movement, contrast, pattern, color tone, proportion/size or the relationship among them?)	Interpretation: What message did the author would like to share through this painting? How did you feel after appreciating this painting?	Judgment: What is your opinion about this painting? Does it achieve in expressing its message?
畫作名稱 : Spring by Edvard Munch	The older lady sitting next to the table is taking care of the weary young lady who seated with her head against a pillow. There are two bottles of liquid on a table, an opened white window with some plants on it and some lights shine in the room.	Most items placed on the left side, so do the two women. The dark colors make the visual weight heavier on the left side, which is in contrast to the white window, but the difference is balanced a little bit when the light shoot into the room. There's one more contrast, the older lady's ruddy skin made the young lady’s seemed even more pale. The last contrast is the difference of sight. The young lady lying on the rocking chair is not looking out of the window and her face seems tired, the old woman handing a glass of liquid is looking at the outside through the window, which lets their states of minds has different expression. I guess the bottles are filled with medicine, because of the young lady's sick posture. The older lady is taking care of the young lady with medicine and her accompanying.	Spring, the beginning of season, is a symbol of life growing. For the young lady, this spring might be the last one in her life. The light and the view from the outside grasp the old woman's eyes, which might represent the hope still in her mind, her girl has the possibility to be cure, just like the spring brings things come alive. It's a paint makes me feel down and warm at the same time.	Lifes die eventually, but those memories and feelings would stay in our mind forever. Keep the wishes even though in the last few moments. I think the name of the paint, Spring, let the work more touching. I feel sad when I see the weak young lady but the light and the plants make the scene not so depressing. As the same, it might increase the old woman's mood. It truly does a good expression.