The Scream
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''''Scream''''' ('''''Skrik''''', 1893) is a seminal series of [[expressionism|expressionist]] [[painting]]s by [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[artist]] [[Edvard Munch]]. It is said by some to symbolize the [[human species]] overwhelmed by an attack of [[existentialism|existential]] [[angst]].<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Krakatoa provided backdrop to Munch's scream | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = The Age | date = [[2003-12-11]] | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/10/1070732277751.html | accessdate = 2006-08-13}}</ref> The landscape in the background is [[Oslofjord]], viewed from the hill of [[Ekeberg, Norway|Ekeberg]]. The Norwegian word ''skrik'' is usually translated as "scream", but is [[cognate]] with the English ''[[shriek]]''. Occasionally, the painting has been called ''The Cry''. |
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