March 22nd, 2019: The Scream

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2019, 11:07 PM

The painting is called The Scream, but you knew that, everyone knows that because it’s one of the most famous paintings in the world.
I thought it was obvious from the title that the guy in the painting is screaming, plus all the parodies, of which there has been hundreds,
are along the lines of showing what he’s screaming about. I even have a plastic inflatable of the dude up in the attic.
I was wrong but I’m sure I'm not alone.

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Many people believe it shows a man screaming. Not so, says the museum, which is about to display a black and white print of the image.
“This rare version of the Scream that we’re displaying at the British Museum makes clear that Munch’s most famous artwork depicts a person hearing a ‘scream’ and not, as many people continue to assume and debate, a person screaming,” said Giulia Bartrum, curator of a forthcoming exhibition devoted to the Norwegian artist.

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The lithograph, unlike the coloured works, features an inscription by Munch that reads: “I felt the great scream throughout nature.”
It is a reference to his inspiration for the painting. Munch was walking by a fjord overlooking Oslo in 1892 when the sky turned blood red, a sight that had a profound effect upon him.

“Munch very deliberately included the caption on this version to describe how his inspiration came from the anxiety he suddenly felt.
“He was trying to capture an emotion or moment in time. Through the inscription we know how he felt. People think this is a screaming person but that’s not what is going on.

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Griff · 03-22-2019, 08:18 AM

I learned part of this on Jeopardy recently.

fargon · 03-22-2019, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I learned part of this on Jeopardy recently.

In Rochester Mn home of the "Mayo Clinic" the NBC affiliate does not show Jeopardy.

Gravdigr · 03-22-2019, 11:33 AM

Syndication. Not a network show.

Comes on two different stations @ the same time around here. Different episodes.

Gravdigr · 03-22-2019, 11:35 AM

Munch made several versions of that painting did he not?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-23-2019, 12:29 AM

Yes several paintings but I don't know if this was the only print version.

03-22-2019, 08:18 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I learned part of this on Jeopardy recently. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-22-2019, 11:33 AM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Syndication. Not a network show. Comes on two different stations @ the same time around here. Different episodes. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-22-2019, 11:35 AM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Munch made several versions of that painting did he not? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-23-2019, 12:29 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes several paintings but I don't know if this was the only print version. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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