"The Scream"
Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" consist of a man in the middle of the painting towards the bottom who shows a shocking expression on his face with his mouth wide open and each hand placed on the side of his face. The man seems to be standing on a bridge or road with a fence on the side but as you look towards the background you can see two other human like figures on the left side in the mid-ground. Looking at this painting you can see a variety of soft brush strokes of the different colors he used to express different feelings along with creating the setting of the painting.
As I continue to look at the painting I get a sense of disloyalty, depression and fear. I get these feelings from the painting because it looks like as the man in the middle of the painting is feeling overwhelmed the two people in the background just continue on with their journey.
As I examine the painting more I am reminded of real life situations, by that I mean how some people can be struggling or losing their mind and no one would know or care about it instead they just continue on with their life. I felt this way because when I think about situations that are similar to this painting that is what comes to mind at first the thought that comes along after that is maybe the two people walking in the background could have betrayed the man in the middle of the painting which causes the man to have a shocking reaction.
After coming up with the different interpretations of this painting I decided to go on Google to see if I could find the actual meaning of the painting. After googling the meaning of the painting I found a quote from the artist Edvard Munch himself which states, "I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as 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 enormous infinite scream of nature."After reading the quote from the artist I began to interpret the painting again from his perspective and was able to view the painting differently. His quote gave me a whole different way of viewing the painting and gave me an understanding of how he felt.
As I continued to read along the webpage where I received this quote from I was able to find their interpretation of the painting as well which says, "What is the meaning of Edvard Munch's 1893 modern art painting The Scream? When it all comes down to it, a "scream" is above all a sound and an auditory sensation. The wailing of both the dying animals and the cries overheard coming from the nearby insane asylum, however faint they may have been, give an added and potent personal and autobiographical meaning to the painting's simple title. The true meaning behind the title of Edvard Munch's "soul painting" The Scream may very well come back to the decidedly ugly, even hideous, sounds of living beings undergoing both physical and emotional suffering in the modern age." After reading this passage from the website I was able to comprehend the meaning of the painting.
After coming up with the different interpretations of this painting I decided to go on Google to see if I could find the actual meaning of the painting. After googling the meaning of the painting I found a quote from the artist Edvard Munch himself which states, "I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as 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 enormous infinite scream of nature."After reading the quote from the artist I began to interpret the painting again from his perspective and was able to view the painting differently. His quote gave me a whole different way of viewing the painting and gave me an understanding of how he felt.
As I continued to read along the webpage where I received this quote from I was able to find their interpretation of the painting as well which says, "What is the meaning of Edvard Munch's 1893 modern art painting The Scream? When it all comes down to it, a "scream" is above all a sound and an auditory sensation. The wailing of both the dying animals and the cries overheard coming from the nearby insane asylum, however faint they may have been, give an added and potent personal and autobiographical meaning to the painting's simple title. The true meaning behind the title of Edvard Munch's "soul painting" The Scream may very well come back to the decidedly ugly, even hideous, sounds of living beings undergoing both physical and emotional suffering in the modern age." After reading this passage from the website I was able to comprehend the meaning of the painting.
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