Music by Stergios Kottas. Vocal by Nikos Papanikos Copyright FORA - STERGIOS KOTTAS Norwegian Symbolist painter, Edvard Munch (1863-1944), was an important forerunner of expressionism, and best known for his series of expressionist paintings and prints entitled The Scream. The Scream depicts an anguished figure against a backdrop of a fiery red sky and the Oslofjord. Munch painted this series in various media, including oil, tempera, and pastel and also created a lithograph in 1910. In his diary headed Nice.22.01.1892, Munch himself explained the inspiration for his painting, "I was walking along a path with two friends â€" the sun was setting â€" suddenly the sky turned blood red â€" I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence â€" there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city â€" my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety â€" and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature ". The central character is sexless ! and has often been compared to an individual suffering from Depersonalization disorder, which includes a feeling of disorientation of one's self and the environment. Munch suffered from agoraphobia, or a fear of open spaces and public places, which might explain why the vast open space in the background gives the feeling of being overwhelming. The figure is thought by some to represent the existential angst of the modern man. The Scream is one of the few modern art works instantly recognizable to the public ...
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