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Edvard Munch's images of women
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Scandinavian Review
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October 1, 1997
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Copyright informationCopyright American Scandinavian Foundation Autumn 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Stopping I leaned against the rail, nearly dead with fatigue. Over the blue-black fjord, hung the clouds red as blood and like tongues of fire. My friends left, and alone, trembling with fear, I experienced the great infinite scream of nature.
It is said that the second most recognizable image after Leonardo's Mona Lisa is The Scream by Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The Norwegian artist poured his feelings, life experiences, and personal relationships into his art throughout his long lifetime. Today's angst about atomic bombs, ethnic wars, uncontrolled violence, and inner anxieties effectively animate the 1895 lithograph of The Scream (fig.1), bringing to the surface the current viewer's ...
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