“The Scream” was painted by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munk in 1893. Like many works, in this period from 1893 to 1910, Munk painted several versions of it. Scream is a series of Scenes of Life in which the Norwegian Expressionist explores the themes of life: love, fear, sex, anxiety. There are different views of it. Some see the figure in the foreground as covered by some horror and consider the image as a symbol of "universal horror". Others see the picture as an icon of existential suffering. The painting clearly express the sense of shout: a huge cry, full of space, hopeless, helpless, a cry acting as a symbol. They say that it was originally titled "The Cry of Nature" (Der Schrei der Natur). But that's not the exact explanation. To the above quotation we can add that "The Scream" is a brilliant expression of the soul’s loneliness in which intellectuals often fall. The helpless human figure in the foreground, the obscure distant figures, and the disturbing landscape highlight the cry that expresses the impotence of a person who felt weak and lonely among the greatness of nature. From a philosophical point of view, the painting is a product of existentialism and is a harbinger of the popular theme of alienation in the 20th century - the theme of alienation and loneliness. The paint depicts a shrill human figure with wide open mouths and eyes covering the head with his hands. A significant place in the background is occupied by a hovering low red-orange sky. Beneath it, the obscure summed outlines of the marine landscape are outlined.
I was walking along a path with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned bloody red – I stopped, feld exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.
This memo, written in Edvard Munch 's diary on January 22, 1892, tells us that nature in the paint is the Bay of Oslofjord, where the city of the same name is situated.
The primary cause of the work is the extraordinary and impressive northern natural paintings. The terrible and threatening impact that such land possesses unleashes a desperate animal cry of fear. The whole landscape in Munch 's painting is marked by those boiling fiery vibrations in which a man has fallen and can’t fight. Exiting the personal situation with nature and experience, Munch's painting becomes the embodiment of human fear. At the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo is the most famous oil version of the "Scream". The painting was stolen twice: in 1994 and 2004. The first time the work was returned in a few months. The second time in 2006, it was with some damages. After restoration, in 2008 the painting was exposed again, but at the right end there is a stain.
The only version of the plot, which is in private hands, is packed with pastel technique. It was painted in 1894. On May 2, 2012, this painting was sold for $ 119,922,500, which is a record for a work of art. Munch portrays life - through illness, death, sexuality, anxiety ... Once he shares the following: Leonardo da Vinci dissected the human body and solved it. What I aspire to with all my might is to dissect the human soul." Today we can safely confirm that he has achieved it with his paintings. Especially with "The Scream" that resonates with all our human fears over time.
gotta get back to work, I love your blog. It is starting to remind me of experiencing this
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Haha, with this game you can experience the meaning of the life :D The most philosophical game I think.
:D 42.
quiz
do you know the meaning of 42? ;]
Well.... I have read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" before year :D As I remember, Douglas Adams didn't reveals the answer :D
I never read the book, but I read this somewhere online, so it might as well be a fan theory but it goes something like this:
if you add all the numbers in the word math m+1+t+h each letter being in the order they appear in the alphabet they should add up to 42.
Haha, interesting and a little cabalistic... reminds me of the movie "Pi" :D but Douglas Adams makes it more funny for understanding :D
This is a refreshing post in my timeline which is mostly filled with the crypto market, Steemit-related, photographs and food. This is a very well-known image but I didn't know the story behind it. When it comes to "Scream", my immediate thoughts would go to Pink Floyd's The Wall :-)
Yes , with me and "The Wall" is sometimes the same. :D
I understand what you are talking about, that's why I write more about art, because the fast-paced world we live in, there is less and less space remains for the art. And for me without art, there is no meaning in life :)
Cheers! :)
Love this painting!
Nice :)
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Thank you very much :)
Interesting post, there are a few versions of the scream, is the picture you are using a reproduction or one of the originals??? (It is really hard to tell).
Yes, I think it is reproduction.
I like this version,it feels very "crude". I think it was the first
one he actually painted, then there are at least three other
colors versions I believe...
Yes this is the best version for me too. Thanks for sharing it.
I enjoyed this post. I feel as though "The Scream" sums up what being in your late 20s feel like. Pure existential angst.
Yes like "Nausea" bu Jean Paul Sartre :)
i love That picture she expresses so many things, that I do not know how to explain
Yes! Years ago I wrote an essay on this paint, it's very powerful. It is always in my mind. :)
publish it we would love to read it
Okеy, these days I'll try to find it :)
That's what's up.
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Wonderful painting.
indeed! :)
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Sure :)
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