The Scream by Edvard Munch (UEB contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image based on ‘The Scream ‘ created as both paintings and pastels and a black and white woodcut, by the Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. We have recreated the image, based on the black and white woodcut, and have coloured it for the Large Print version. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. Expressionist artists were not interested in portraying physical reality, but instead tried to express emotions and psychological states through distortion, exaggeration and the dramatic use of colour. The picture shows a figure in the foreground standing on a bridge holding its head, hands over its ears, mouth and eyes wide open as though screaming. In the background are two figures, an area of water and a raging red sky. It is impossible to tell the sex of the figure. It is shown from the thighs up, facing you with its head just below the centre of the image. Behind the figure is the handrail of the bridge. It goes from the bottom right corner of the image to the centre left edge where you will find the silhouettes of the two other figures. They seem to be looking to the right, at two boats on the water in the centre of the image. In the tactile version of the image, we have put a clear area around all of the figures to make them easier to find. The top third of the image is filled with the swirling red clouds that seem to race horizontally across the page. All of the lines in the image are rough and expressive. The orange red of the sky and the contrasting dark, muted colours in the rest of the picture give an air of fear and tension.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/12/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.