Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | July 2022

ART INSIGHTS
10
little-known facts about
the world-famous artworks
Some works of arts are so recognizable they’re as familiar to us as our own faces in the mirror.
From the likes of Leonardo da vinci’s Mona Lisa to The Scream by Edvard Munch and Vincent Van
Gogh’s The Starry Night, are all so firmly ingrained in popular culture that it’s easy to forget these
works of art can still have some secrets to spill. From the debate over whether there is actually
an earring in The Girl with a Pearl Earring’s ear, to the view from an asylum window that’s worth
millions, here are some fascinating insights into 10 of the world’s most famous artworks
'The Scream', Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist Munch created his famous piece in
1893, a work which has come to symbolise the anxiety,
trauma and isolation of the human condition. What is less
known is that the figure in the foreground of the painting
isn’t the one doing the screaming. Rather, they are
reacting to the scream.
'American Gothic', Grant Wood
Grant’s work has suffered from misinterpretation over
the years, likely owing to the dour looks on his subjects’
faces. Despite the expressions of the pair, who are
actually a father and daughter, not man and wife, Grant
had intended the piece, created in 1930, to be a positive
representation of rural American values in the face of the
Great Depression. Wood used his sister and his dentist as
models for the portrait.
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