How To Read The Scream

“The Scream” The painting entitled “The Scream” was painted by the artist, Edvard Munch. The original piece was painted on a cardboard surface using pastels in 1893. The painting is abstract and uses vibrant colors to portray a man screaming while standing on a wooden structure with two mysterious figures following him. While observing the artwork, I noticed that the man is staring behind him and might even think that he is being followed, which could be the potential reason for the scream. I also noticed that there are boats in the lighter part of the ocean that are located in the background of the painting. While viewing this painting, I could hear the piercing scream of the man depicted in the foreground of the artwork. In this painting, Munch uses a variety of line to direct the viewer's attention to various parts of the painting. The curved lines in the painting show movement when looking at the sky. An array of lines are present in this painting such as implied, curved, diagonal and horizontal lines which are easily identified based on the fact that those lines make up all pieces of art. Implied lines are used to direct your attention on the …show more content…
When an artist uses linear perspective, they are trying to portray distance. Distance in this painting can be identified when looking at the boardwalk and it gradually getting smaller as it goes back until it reached the vanishing point that’s hidden behind the mysterious people behind the frightened man. When looking in the foreground of the painting, attention is immediately drawn to the man screaming because he is in the foreground of the the painting and his facial features are bold. When observing the man who is screaming, I noticed that his eyes were in the corner which can indicate that he was looking backward at the mysterious figures following him who are located in the mid-ground of the