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What dread lies behind Munch's “The Scream”?

A scream with no sound, a sky that howls: the face of modern dread.

1880-19303 min read5 partsQuiz of 9 questions
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Edvard Munch · Edvard Munch - The Scream, 1910 (Munch Museum) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction

Expressionism flourished between 1880 and 1930. Where Impressionism had captured the light of the outside world, this movement projected the inner life onto it. It distorts, forces the colors, hardens the line.

The Norwegian Edvard Munch was one of its pioneers. With The Scream, the anxiety and loneliness of modern life became a universal symbol.

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  1. 2Distorting to tell the truth of feeling
  2. 3Munch: painting to survive
  3. 4Anatomy of a silent scream
  4. 5From private trauma to global icon
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