The Scream by Edvard Munch and AI Dream

 

The Scream by Edvard Munch and AI Dream

Symbolism / Edvard Munch/ The Scream

Original The Scream by Edvard Munch 1893

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The Scream is that the best known and most often reproduced of all Munch’s motifs. With its expressive colours, its flowing lines and striking overall effect, its appeal is universal.

Despite radical simplification, the landscape within the picture is recognisable because the Kristiania Fjord seen from Ekeberg, with a broad view over the fjord, the town and therefore the hills beyond. In the background to the left, at the top of the trail with the balustrade that cuts diagonally across the image , we see two strolling figures, often considered two friends whom Munch mentions in notes concerning the image . But the figure within the foreground is that the first to capture the viewer’s attention. Its hands are held to its head and its mouth is wide open during a silent scream, which is amplified by the undulating movement running through the encompassing landscape. The figure is ambiguous and it's hard to mention whether it's a person or a lady , young or old – or maybe if it's human in the least .

As with many of Munch’s pictures, it's assumed that here also his start line was private feelings and knowledge . His diaries contain several remarks that appear to make a background to the present depiction of existential angst, among them the following: “I was walking along the road with two friends – Then the sun went down – The sky suddenly turned to blood and that i felt an excellent scream in nature –”.

The Scream was first exhibited at Munch’s solo exhibition in Berlin in 1893. It was a central element in “The Frieze of Life”, and has been the theme of probing analysis and much of suggested interpretations. The painting also exists during a later version, which is within the possession of the Munch Museum. In addition Munch worked with the motif in drawings, pastels and prints.