tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post7103160866913777561..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Mourning and MelancholiaAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-90565589072705354202006-10-22T10:37:00.000-05:002006-10-22T10:37:00.000-05:00Ah yes, Munch was a great modern painter of despai...Ah yes, Munch was a great modern painter of despair.<br /><br />do you know about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Edvard-Munch-Peter-Watkins/dp/B000E1NX90">this</a> documentary/fiction film on Munch? I haven't seen it but it is considered to be a masterpiece.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-8256062402661024792006-10-21T02:29:00.000-05:002006-10-21T02:29:00.000-05:00infinite sadness, and so well put alok, one of my ...infinite sadness, and so well put alok, one of my fav painters is edvard munch, and apart frm his famous 'scream', and to an extent 'despair', this one does it for me.<br />http://paintstory.com/pic/munch6.jpg , not melancholy but, life as opposed to death.Mistral Noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289514290706814088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-10409061770895068872006-10-20T20:47:00.000-05:002006-10-20T20:47:00.000-05:00What I find specially sad, even disturbing, is the...What I find specially sad, even disturbing, is the expression on those babies' faces. They are not really crying and the sadness is somewhere inside, as if they know something that they should not or something that is far beyond their age. It is quite unreal in a way because children never have such expression on their faces. that's why I mentioned Freud and his theory of infantile attachment.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-77380982228173033682006-10-20T20:09:00.000-05:002006-10-20T20:09:00.000-05:00Compelling,indeed!
How true,"Melancholy is the ple...Compelling,indeed!<br />How true,"Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad” as quoted by Hugo. I am impressed with the indefinable sadness and that limbo kind of space around their eyes...the thinness of veil on her forehead seemed heavy, and those shades of distortion hovering over that little baby's mouthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-36819125613494668042006-10-20T19:07:00.000-05:002006-10-20T19:07:00.000-05:00That was beautiful. Thanks!
There is also Durer's...That was beautiful. Thanks!<br /><br />There is also <a href="http://www.alchemylab.com/melancholia.htm">Durer's Melancholia</a> just in case. A good reminder of why people shouldn't spend too much time with books :)Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-62486176004113111782006-10-20T18:31:00.000-05:002006-10-20T18:31:00.000-05:00Thanks. Wonderful painting. One of my favourite on...Thanks. Wonderful painting. One of my favourite on this theme is Paul Gauguin's <a href="http://www.classicartrepro.com/data/large/Gauguin/Melancholic.jpg">The Melancholy Woman</a>readerswordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.com