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After visiting MOMA I have seen many artworks that I thought were very interesting. Most artworks have invoked different types of emotions. Some emotions that were invoked in the artwork were anger, apathy, depression, desire, disgust, empathy, euphoria, happiness, hatred, love, rage, and wonder. It was very interesting to see how these emotions struck when looking at the artwork.

After walking through the exhibit over the summer, I came upon one artwork that came to my mind that I felt invoked anger. That artwork is " Through this Narrow Pass He Must Come" ("Durch diese hohle Gasse muss er kommen") from William Tell (http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=67782). When I saw this painting I saw anger. The facial expression that the man is making, makes him look angry almost like a demon. Not to mention the fact that his body is red as well. It looks as if he his holding a bow and arrow and is running or fighting against people. When I first saw this photo I immediately saw anger and felt that that is how the man in the photo feels.

Another painting that I came across showed apathy. Shock Troops Advance under Gas (Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor) from The War (Der Krieg) by Otto Dix, shows the excited, German soldiers that portray apathy (http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=63260). You can see the excitement from the reactions of the soldiers that look as if they were celebrating. My initial response when I first saw this was that the soldiers looked excited and celebrating. When I saw this painting, apathy was the first emotion that struck to me.

This next photo, when I first saw it looked depressing. It was from a book, Altwinkel: The Siblings (Altwinkel: Die Geschwister) (in-text plate, page 273) from Neben der Heerstrasse (Off the Main Road) (http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=13671). When I saw this photo my initial reaction was that the two people in this photo look depressed. To me...