What is the true meaning of The Scream by Edvard Munch and official references that go with your findings?

Answer 1

I had to answer this for an Art assignment. It is written in first person, but the meaning is the same.

This is my most famous painting, called The Scream, and yet it was not the first Scream I painted. I originally came up with the idea for the painting while I was walking a road in Norway with two of my friends. I became melancholic and stopped for a moment, just then the sky turned blood red and I swear I heard a piercing scream. The first version of the painting had me leaning over the railing looking down while my two friends walked on. But, for the second version, I transformed me into an amorphous creature confronting the viewer with a horrific purpose. The sky is blood red and nature is dark because it is no longer the nice, happy Nature we all know, it has become disgusted with the misuse and abuse it receives and is attacking the very nature of people. I painted this in 1893 and it created a new theme for my artwork. In total I used this design over 20 times using different formats. I chose the colors because they represent my fear, angst, and panic I felt that day. Everyone who sees this painting will arrive at a different conclusion as to its meaning and why I painted it, but in the end, it is based on an actual event and was modified because I never felt it was truly complete and expressed what happened that day. Perhaps, it is just because I was heading for a major breakdown, which is a possibility too.

Answer 2

It is about the eruption of Krakatoa. The eruption was so forceful that it actually pushed Earth's atmosphere out a little bit, and as it rebounded the sound could be heard around the world.

I first learned about it in a geology class in collge, but here are some web references for you:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/12/10/scream.munch.reut/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream


if you do a google search for "scream krakatoa" you'll get more info too.

Answer 3

VOLCANO ERUPTION