One of the earliest paintings that I consider to be a great monumental during its time was The Scream by Edvard Munch in 1893. In his art, he uses a human like figure that is, bald, pasty, with its mouth wide open, as if it was in agonizing pain. The sky is painted red swirls has is a storm a volcano was erupting. Many people believe that the painting reflex on any men or women with emotional life thought and to this day, it still reflex on so many people. There are four versions of The Scream. It was painted with oil, tempera, pastel and crayons and painted on a cardboard surface. Munch was consider to be symbolist artist, but The Scream was consider to be expressionism art and not very familiar during its time. Many people consider being the birth of expressionism art during its time.
Another great monumental art that I do consider to be great during its time was The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali in 1931. In his art, he depicts a …show more content…
He created the Golden Marilyn Monroe in 1962. When Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, Andy Warhol wanted to commemorate Marilyn Monroe. He wanted the viewers to know the superficial of Marilyn Monroe life was on how Hollywood wasn’t glamorous as it seems. Golden Marilyn Monroe art open a new path on how the art was made and how is was mass produced. Andy Warhol used a piece of newspaper picture of Marilyn has a center piece to his art. The painting or art was created with silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas. To this day, many famous artist use Andy Warhol technique which I consider to be a monumental work of