Visual Analysis of Edvard Munch's The Scream

slow art story by Art Class Curator

Listen to the Story: 7 minutes

Audio-only: (best on mobile)

Description:

Your art assignment right now is to perform a basic visual analysis of this famous, horrifying visage… go!

  • Lines
  • Contrast
  • Colors
  • Space

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQRHHryeRM8

Munch Museum

Contains the other painted version and a pastel version

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Munch room

"The Scream"

by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch - The Scream (1893) The Theft of the Scream