In today’s class we discussed Fauvism and Symbolism. Symbolism is portratyed in artists artwork as to how they feel and their emotions. Fauvism which was dervied from Post-Impressionism, brought bright colors from the post-impressionist time. A work that stood out to me was The Scream by Edvard Munch. He incorporated very strong and bright colors and followed lines and contours like how Van Gogh did in some of his most popular pieces. With the bright colors and the emotion of the man this painting was made to capture the nature of a scream during an eruption of a volcano. The cause for the sunset was due to the 6 months of overcast because of the smoke. An artwork by Matisse called The Joy of Life represents Fauvism. For example, the bright colors that are used arbitrarily and the unique color scheme of the scene allows the viewers to view the painting as joyful and pleasant.