Greetings, students. Now that you’re in Year 3 of your American English studies, you will be able to read, and listen about one of VOA’s “Arts and Culture” articles, which explore music, pop culture, society, and life in the United States of America as well as in countries all over the world. You are encouraged to carefully read the article and the vocabulary words, as well as listen to the article. Finally, you are invited to share what you learned by discussing why this article is important and meaningful in the comments section below.
Directions: Read the article and study the vocabulary below.
Directions: Listen to the audio recording of the article.
Directions: Share your insights about why this article is meaningful and important by writing in the comments section below.
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Lesson 3.33.4: Year3
Art & Culture
”Norwegian Museum Solve the Mystery of the Scream”.
”Can only have been painted by a madman”, appears on Norwegian artist, Edward Munch’s most famous painting, ”The Scream”. It was written with the pencil on the top-left hand aera of the painting.
”The Scream”, is one of the most iconic paintings in history.it is a composition created by Norwegian artist, Edward Munch in 1893. The famous painting shows a figure holding its head in its hands with the mouth wide open. The artwork has become internationally recognized for the expression of human fear and concern.
In a recent statement, Mai Britt Guleng, head of the national Musim said,” the writing is without a Munch’s own,” Guleng added the writing was compared to the painter’s writing in letters. The handwriting itself, as well as events that happened in 1895, when Munch showed the painting in Norway for the first time, all point in the same direction”, Guleng explained.
Munch was hurt by the accusations, he wrote about them many times in his letter, both Munch’s father and sister suffered from mental issues. Munch was put into hospital after a nervous breakdown in 1908.