Edvard Munch painted the famous painting which he named “The Scream” to represent his past. The painting consists of a child standing at the edge of the road facing a different direction from his companions who seem to be walking towards a different direction. The child is screaming while facing the departing companions. “The Scream” is a name given to represent each of the four versions of his paintings which are kept at the Munch museum. The aim of this paper is to analyze the painting. This will be accomplished by analyzing the paint as well as a poem that was written about the painting. Also, the four versions of the painting will be analyzed including the cost of the painting. By analyzing the meaning of the painting and what it represents,
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The painting was seen as a form of autobiography that later lead to the writing of the poem that was done in 1895. The poem “I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly the sky turned red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord.my friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the infinite scream of nature.” is seen to represent the inner emotional problems he was going through after the loss of his family (Shabi, …show more content…
The three areas of focus include the bridge, a landscape that include a lake and the shoreline, lastly the sky which is bright red signifying the setting of the sun. The hills at the background create a bridge between the foreground and the background of the paint. The two figures at the edge of the bridge are drawn in upright straight just like the bridge while the separate figure is drawn in wavy lines like those of the sky and the hills. This is used to bring a connection between the separate individual and nature. The other two are not aware of their surroundings but the painter is one with nature hence he can feel and hear the scream of nature while the others do
The painting was seen as a form of autobiography that later lead to the writing of the poem that was done in 1895. The poem “I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly the sky turned red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord.my friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the infinite scream of nature.” is seen to represent the inner emotional problems he was going through after the loss of his family (Shabi, …show more content…
The three areas of focus include the bridge, a landscape that include a lake and the shoreline, lastly the sky which is bright red signifying the setting of the sun. The hills at the background create a bridge between the foreground and the background of the paint. The two figures at the edge of the bridge are drawn in upright straight just like the bridge while the separate figure is drawn in wavy lines like those of the sky and the hills. This is used to bring a connection between the separate individual and nature. The other two are not aware of their surroundings but the painter is one with nature hence he can feel and hear the scream of nature while the others do