The Scream by Edvard Munch - Analysis by Rachelle DiaB
The Scream by Edvard Munch - Analysis by Rachelle DiaB
The Scream by Edvard Munch - Analysis by Rachelle DiaB
Munch, Edvard
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The Norwegian Painter Edvard Munch was said to be an
expressive painter,painting this haunting Landscape picture of
an individual hairless, and sexless - exploring a psychological
theme. Screaming amid another two who are seemingly
unaware of his anxiety. It was said He was walking along the road
with two friends the sun was setting suddenly the sky
turned blood red I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on
the fence there was blood and tongues of fire above the blueblack fjord and the city my friends walked on, and I stood
there trembling with anxiety and I sensed an infinite scream
passing through nature
Set on a bridge in oslo, Norway in 1893, against of backdrop of
orange sky and 2 masses of water (found in blue). The painting
titles the scream, was in norweigan skrik which sounds
similar to shriek in English, and the figure with an agonized
expression is laid against a landscape with a tumultuous
orange sky. Lines used to portray the bridge are diagonal, and
seemingly never ending, the diagonal lines mean chaos and
destruction whereas the indefinite ending means that the
chaos or destruction will never end. Brushstrokes incorporated
for the background were curves that flow up and into the
mountains circlular brushstrokes give hypnotic approach as if
one is in a daze, which relates to how the man is in a daze.
Form, we can see on the bridge the shading used to bring what
would be the 2 dimensional shape to 3 dimensions, give the
shape form. Space, Munch was able to bring the background to
the background, the middle ground to the middle ground and
the foreground to the foreground by using shading, and the
tinting and shading of colors for example: the further from the
creature you get, the lighter the colours incorporated whereas
when you get closer the colours get darker. Shapes, we can see
the shape of the mountains and the boats on one of the rivers
as well as the two individuals at the back all 2 dimensional
because they are all in black. an individual suffering
from depersonalization disorder experiences, a feeling of
distortion of the environment and one's self, [14] and also facial
pain in the form of Trigeminal neuralgia. Naturalist and
idealist. The degree of lightness in the picture is compromised
thinking man)writing in his diary his simple goal: "in my art I attempt to explain
life and its meaning to myself."[
Edvard's poor health and the vivid ghost stories, helped inspire macabre visions and
nightmares in Edvard, who felt death constantly advancing on him
What was going on in oslo which is where the picture was set in
What is the message he is trying to send across
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