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The Museum of Frights

Who said that art only expresses the beauty of the world? Through their works, artists also depict its darker and more mysterious aspects 👿. How about discovering some of the strangest and scariest pieces of art in history? Get ready to delve into the dark and powerful world of Francisco Goya through his iconic painting Saturn Devouring His Son. If cannibalism isn't to your taste, perhaps the unsettling worlds of Dorothea Tanning or Francis Bacon will be enough to give you chills. Welcome to the Museum of Frights! 👻

The Scream: Great Art Explained

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Between 1863 when Munch was born and the years before the first world war, European cities were going through unprecedented change. Industrialization and economic change brought anxieties and obsessions, political unrest, and radicalism.
Questions about society and the changing role of man within it, about our psyche, our social responsibilities, and most radical of all, questions about the existence of God.
This is a period of Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzche.
This is also the period that Munch painted The Scream.

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