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The Scream - Edvard Munch

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The human condition is a broad term brought into play which effectively incorporates experiences encountered throughout human existence. The Incredibly celebrated and well known 19th century painting by Edvard Munch, appropriately titled The Scream, successfully portrays stipulations of such psychological human conditions. The artwork is exceptionally different to typical works during Munch's era, where artists tended to depict a type of objective, prominent reality. Munch's tragic family days, hence tortured soul, are the chief grounds of explanation for his atypical style, which has been appropriated as visual structures. Through his structure and understated façade, Munch's Scream controversially depicts a niche, frighteningly destructive manifestation of emotional characteristics of what can be collectively referred to as the Human Condition. The composition of the artwork effectively expresses Munch's personal anxiety, creating a formal tension. At first glance, the artist immediately draws the viewer towards near centre towards the protagonist's face, with the central...

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