The Scream: Great Art Explained
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With "Great Art Explained" my aim is to make videos which focus on one great artwork. I want to present art in a jargon-free, entertaining, clear and concise way with no gimmicks.
Between 1863 when Munch was born and the years before the first world war, European cities were going through unprecedented change. Industrialization and economic change brought anxieties and obsessions, political unrest, and radicalism.
Questions about society and the changing role of man within it, about our psyche, our social responsibilities, and most radical of all, questions about the existence of God.
This is a period of Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzche.
This is also the period that Munch painted The Scream.
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"What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter 12 December 2020
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SUBTITLES I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@hotmail.com
Chinese Subtitles by Charles Xue
Spanish Subtitles by Lourdes Saez
French Subtitles by Ludivine Desriac
Dutch Subtitles by Bart Vergouwe
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• Welcome home to The Sc...
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Edvard Munch (World of Art) by Josef Paul Hodin
Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream by Sue Prideaux
Edvard Munch: love and angst by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Giulia Bartrum
Edvard Munch Masterpieces of Art by Candice Russell
Music:
Edvard Grieg - In The Hall Of Mountain King
"Theme" music: JS Bach “Sonata for violin solo No.1 in G Minor”
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The ending of this video is genius
Thanks so much!
I love how he has used this unsettling, anxiety causing background music to replicate the feeling of Munch's painting.
Great idea for this ending!
Absolutely
the video itself is capital A Art. Amazing, I’m so glad this comment was pinned bc after that ending I just needed to like, connect to people about what a delicious smack in the face that was. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
Important detail about the location: that bridge near Ekeberg was known as a suicide bridge.
Interesting thanks 🙏
Another thing, it’s not really a bridge, just a road with a railing.
Heading there tomorrow
Edit: to visit, not to jump off of
@@MarkyTeriyaki Good one!
@@MarkyTeriyaki How was your experience?
Before I watch the video I always re-examine the artwork and take my time enjoying it before I’m schooled. Thank you so much for opening the window for me.
This channel is so far off from my normal viewing, but it’s just so good. Listening to people deeply engaged in their subject is always interesting!
Excellent use of Grieg's music to accompany Munch's work.
I really appreciate seeing some of the contemporary woks that could have inspired him. Also brings home how unique and singular Munch was, transforming it into something wholly his own.
One of the guys who stole the scream in the 90s (Pål Enger) was a soccerplayer that became so obsessed with the painting that he had to have it. Later when he was caught he became an artist in prison and now has his own artistic career.
One of his exhibitions was coshared with another famous norwegian artist Pushwagner (some call him a modern Munch) and on that exhibition he stole some of Pushwagners paintings.
That is a great story! Thanks
😯
What a thief!
@Roswell Ryan thanks, I changed it
What a Chad
One of my fav paintings.. cant wait to watch this one!
Munch’s whole body of work seem underrated. I’m reminded of Kirchner’s depiction of social isolation in a modern world twenty years later (different colours and forms) with a similar feeling. Thank you for another fantastic video. 😍
Saw the Munch exhibition in London a few years ago and really resonated with me then just how anxious Munch felt
saw a comment about how "The Scream" is just a meme, but the beauty of the arts is that each work is up to interpretation
or an emoji 😱
I’ve felt this sensation. The downward spiral of existence is truly one of the most profound experiences
This channel has quickly become one of my favorites. I’ve told at least a dozen people about it.
I’ve been excited for this one
this painting has always seemed like such a pure display of fear and pain. That feeling of utter panic and lack of control, until all you can do is cover your ears and scream
Incredible as always! Your insight on art is always a pleasure to listen to. Introspective and interesting commentary never fails.
Always look forward to seeing a new video from your great channel 👍
This video is a piece of art itself.
I think that's relateable for me. I can't remember what I was doing but something reminded me of how quickly time passed and a deep fear suddenly came out of nowhere. An anxiety that soon I would no longer be here. Without even thinking, a thousand fears came up. Noise comes out of nowhere and brings fear with it.
I'm starting to get why this is a personal favourite piece now. 😂😂
Beautifully presented James. Thank you so much. Always a special day when I have your videos to look forward to when I get home.
My goodness, what a difficult life Munch had!! I so enjoyed your choice of music for this artist having first heard that piece at the age of 12.
I stumbled on your channel three hours ago and have already watched four of your videos! Even though I paint now and then, I know absolutely nothing about art - I’m appreciating your informative videos so much. I had no idea Munch tried so many styles; he certainly was a talented artist. I was particularly touched that as gifted as he was, he was uncertain as to his own particular style; I can certainly relate to that dilemma! Thank you, again.
One of my favourite paintings with Starry Night and Witches' Sabbath
I was wondering all these years why they are great. Now I understood that a study in depth is required to understand greatness. Thank you for the info.👍🙏
Another brilliant video. As usual.
As soon as I saw it was The Scream, I was delighted. I'm not really much of an art buff, but it is a piece of work that has always been intriguing to me, so it was great to get the full story on it.
Once again, excellent work.
Tragic, timeless, and brilliant. In my opinion this is one of your best videos - thank you so much!
A copy is hanged in the entrance of my main room to remember for those who came in: keep the madness to the setting sun, the day is for enjoy....
Great review , presentation of this Artist!
Thanks 🙏
I absolutely enjoyed watching this video. Thank you
today i found your channel and have been slowly going through each video and ive loved all of them so far!!! the way you explain the art and speak is just so great and easy to understand!!! i do not know anything about art tbh but ive been wanting to appreciate it more so thank you!!!
Contents like these is why you thank internet. Amazing stuff
Hello James, been a big fan from the start and have commented on a few with suggestions. Absolutely love your work. I would like to see the videos continue to grow but with a larger focus in the art piece itself.
Seems like a few, focus on the artist and their life. Though their upbringing can greatly impact their art, I find it most interesting when you discuss the piece itself as opposed to the life of the artist.
All things just feedback and please continue doing this amazing work.
P.S. Still would love to see Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya.
I personally really enjoy hearing about their life!!
We’re living amidst a pandemic, my best friend passed recently, my other best friend is schizophrenic as well (recently went missing in Utah and starved herself because she wanted to see God) (she is fine now though hopefully) and there is war happening in Ukraine.
I can’t believe how much I relate to him!
It’s deepened my appreciation for sure.
Why not just make them longer so we can have it all? Lol. Love your work!
Thank you so much for bringing art to life. Before this I didn’t even notice there were two figures in the distance! Can you imagine!
Finding out that it wasn’t him screaming but actually nature: 🤯
you have to learn about the artist to understand the work imo
I saw the different scream variants at the museums in Oslo and it was so unique and special to see a work I know so much about, but have never seen in person.
The best thing is that there was realtively weak crouds around it at the museum, compared to the Mona Lisa in the Louvre for.
The Oil and pastel variant can be found in the National museum in Oslo. The woodcut, the later oil and the first pastel variants can be found in the Munch museum, also in Oslo.
It’s a long involved multifaceted story behind this painting. And you tell it
Grazie
Today was worthwhile for watching this. Thank you.
Art and the culture around it is so self important.
Brilliant use of "Hall of the Mountain King" plus images in the intro. Chills!
In the hall of the mountain king* you forgot in and the
Your videos are amazing to watch.
Your videos become more and more a "Gesamtkunstwerk".
Greetings from Germany ; )
Hope I didn’t screw up the pronunciation too much!!
@@GreatArtExplained You did great =)
Lovely video. It's probably ridiculous, but I always kind of thought of this painting as a horror story; the person is terrified of the black figures behind him. What are they going to do to him? He's been hiding from them so long. No one can help him. He's screwed, lol. Yeah, I'm a depressive weirdo, whatever.
What an interesting interpretation! (No, you are NOT a weirdo! 😊)
Munk would've been proud if he had known that his art engages you so deeply. Why would you say it's ridiculous and you're a depressive weirdo?
@@alittax Because I feel defensive, because RUclips commenters can be very rude, lol. Makes me irrational!
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As long as you say nothing that you should be ashamed of (like you did now), you have no reason to feel defensive. True, they can be rude, but it's just words. Not only that, it's just words from people whom you don't know and probably won't even interact with ever again, unless both of you choose to do so.
@@alittax I can get triggered, but you're right.
"the scream" and "the kiss" were the two paintings that got me into art. then i discovered john william waterhouse and a true love affair began.
We need to boost this channel. Give it a like twice.
Thanks 🙏 I appreciate it!
If I could propose an artist for another video, it'd be Zdzislaw Beksinski.
I love your canal!
Great video! Thanks!
I rmemebr when you had about a 1000 subs man. I think I have you some motivation and told you to keep on going bcuz this is special. You always had so much skill! I’m not a fan of this painting but after this video I am! Wow thank you for this
Thank you for this amazing content
12:30 When you make a historical document for History Class and you burn the edges and dip it in tea
another 10/10 video. best channel on youtube!
Thanks! Appreciate the great work done on this video.
Another super video. Thank you.
I'm so in love with your videos
WIne is quite the incredible drink. Some wines just been with character . Those are the ones I like that most
I can't imagine how much greater bombardment of hectic noise we now are getting as compared to his time. So should'nt we be getting more great work of art, or are we drowning in the noise?
my god, realizing the guy in the painting isn't screaming just blew my mind.
When I say you're a work of art this is what I mean
Release more video ! The content is excellent
Sorry can only manage one a month! Thanks 🙏
The krakatoa eruption makes sense. Nature is screeming at him. Apparently, the eruption echoed around the earth several times.
I love this channel. Thank you for these videos🙂
When I was young I didn't understand the painting, or feel unsettled. I also thought the man was screaming.
great music choice.
😱1 of my Favz!
Love that you’re talking about Edward Munch, and use Edward Grieg’s music throughout the video!
ETA; kind of ironic that the video is sponsored by Bright Cellars, given that alcohol-sales are strictly regulated in Norway, and anything containing more alcohol than 4,7% is monopolized😝
OMG I JUST LOOKED AT THE DESCRIPTION TO AWE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND IT SAID "IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING" YES MY FAVORITE SONG WITH NY FAVORITE PAINTING!
Phenomenal job as always.
I enjoyed that thanks, learnt something new
Wonderful,thank's ❤️☺️
I still think "The Scream" is ugly, and I feel nothing when I look at it. Very good vid 🍸
Yes, that’s more or less the best video of this series. The integration of music and the rhythmic sequence of pictures to go with it are brilliant. But on the other Hand, the abrupt transition to advertising at the end is the most horrific moment of all the videos before. It is a cruel example of how art and advertising are contradictory, and how advertising can destroy art.
It makes me sad how this video has ended.
Hi - the abrupt transition and sudden silence was intentional as I wanted a contrast from the noise and the madness - but it finishes on a black square before it goes to advertising - I made sure of that - thanks 🙏
@@GreatArtExplained Wow, I'm surprised that you changed it so quickly. Great!
To be honest, I think the gap is still a bit too short and the Ad would be better placed somewhere in the middle or at the start of the video? Like Baumgartner does...
ruclips.net/video/VarvO7wcnf0/видео.html
But I'm not a fan of this kind of advertising anyway and of course you have to earn some money with your videos. So, no offense. Keep up the good work, your videos are awesome!
we need more videos boss
More coming but I can only manage one a month as they are heavily researched. - thanks for watching 🙏
Incredible video! I loved it!!!
Great video but I gotta say using Hall of the Mountain King is an easy way to suck the life out a segment. It's only slightly less used than the vine thud
agreed. that certain part of the piece is too iconic and well-known for it to be taken seriously in any context, especially in a video that is supposed to be a serious discussion about an art piece about anxiety. the way the music faded in and out of the background drove me a little mad
It's kinda funny that they put that as the composer's name also happens to be Edvard lol
wonderful
I scream like this every other day, but nobody painted me!!
i love your videos! can you also do one on jmw turner? :)
Fitting that you would use a Norwegian composer's music...
Another great videoo
Is it possible Munch had synaesthesia? It's a condition where the senses overlap. Music or food will make you see shapes, certain colors will make you hear a certain pitch, etc.
Idk
Intelligence seems to be as much a curse as a blessing
(exalted versioni) was steered to one of your videos iby youtube algorythm... what a treasure trove! some of my favourite pieces of art are there and for once analysed for composition , which , having had a short but all consumming affair with photography in my 30's, reminds me of rules and tricks i was told at photo course i took.. . then it is put back in the historic context , the socio-economy of the times the work was done and even the artist's moods character opinions and life events are taken into account,m,,,, Garden of earthly delights; whrere symbols abound , you presented different interprtation on some (differentfrom what i guesssed , different from what i read or was taughgt elsewhere,,, Nighthawks "dissection" was an impressing work but also showed how subjective the impression made by a work of art is as what i alway felt and what i saw was from yours .. i could go on for hours but what would be the point ? all i what you to know is that YOU CHANNEL IS EXCEPTIONAL IN QUALITY AND HAVING ART EXPLAINED WITHOUT THE USUAL religious political or other BIAS calculated or not IS EXHILARATING/? therefore subscribe i do and my frieds i will. so shocked i talk like Yoda from star ouars great haaaarrrrrrt
Thanks Pierre 🙏
@@GreatArtExplained Nnn...NO! Thank YOU!
(I gotta take 1/4 valium i guess...)
Your narration has always been great, but the editing on this episode is top-notch. Great job!
Totally agree! That sudden cut at the end... *Chef's kiss*
I disagree, the editing is actually pretty awful. The motion of each image is nauseating, there's always half a second pause before any movement, and then when it does it's often too fast and opposite from the previous motion. There isn't a lot of room to breathe. It needs more time for the viewer to take in each painting, and have more of a consistent, rhythmic, cohesive movement. Needs a lot of work.
@@balls261 hit the space bar, magic happens, you´ll see
@@balls261 thank you!! editing is as in many other episodes really amateur. please hire someone to do this job. the actual info is great and compact.
This painting has always triggered an uneasy feeling within me that I can’t quite explain. Very ominous; haunting. Thanks for covering it!
That’s odd, it has always given me the warm fuzzies…
J/k
To me it always just looked like 😱
I think it's kinda funny and derpy in a way
Somehow this painting doesn’t give me an uncomfortable feeling. Instead, my eyes are always focusing on the interesting color palette and the swirly composition
What if I tell you that if you see the face as a dog will that make you guys feel at ease, the hands are the ears and the mouth it the dog's nose.
Wow I never realized what a copycat he is 😂
I had a classmate who did most of his paintings on cardboard, and I remember our teacher telling him that he would never be a real artist because real artists don’t use cardboard. I was so mad when, years later, I learned that “The Scream” was painted on cardboard. (That same classmate got into RISD, btw 😄)
um, that's real stupid tho
So crazy that an art teacher would be that way...although I had a critical one too.
You'd think they, more than most people, would understand that the very essence of art...is expression, wherever, however, that person chooses in the time. Additionally, so many who are ridiculed, told they couldn't be 'this or that'...often do become exactly what they were told they couldn't be.
How arrogant and ignorant, of any of us to decide the outcome of another person.
That teacher could've just been quiet, at the very least.
I am so happy for your classmate.
What kind of art teacher was that? If inspiration strikes and the artist wants to paint great art on scrape of wood from a wood pile then that’s what they used
salvador dali painted on cardboard too ??? help that art teacher was uneducated as hell 😭😭😭😭
This is a public school art teacher for you.
Hope you get to read this: James, I watched this video a year ago, I remembered being in awe thinking how much I had misinterpreted this masterpiece and feeling a great deal of empathy for Munch. Now, I am in the National Museum in Oslo, sitting in front of The Scream while revisiting this video. It’s like a full circle, the emotions that accompanied are hard to put into words (English is not my native language), but ‘grateful’ is definitely one that I’m feeling.
I truly appreciate your work here and how well articulated your explanations are. Hope you know the impact you have on thousands of us who support you ❤❤
I had to respond! That is so kind of you, thanks so much 🙏
For English not being your first language, you’re pretty damn eloquent in it lol
@@manifestgtr :) that's very kind. Thank you!
"The Germens thought his work was too brutal"
Rich coming from Germans.
Such a powerful painting, still relevant today as our lives have not slowed down but sped up instead, where noise, information, and various stimuli constantly assault us. In the uncertain times we live in (war, climate crisis, mass extinction), this piece has never been more relevant. Anyone struggling with mental health can easily relate to Munch's art. Thank you James for your insights. I've never realised how such a small detail as the men in the background affected the painting. By blocking the vanishing point (literally in French the runaway/escaping point), they trap us in the painting and in the foreground character's agony.
I was amazed just how big a difference the addition/removal of those figures made. It's like a different panting.
Yoga and meditation are great way of in touch within one's inner wisdom, so one is able to control receiving what information comes in,rather controlled by the vast wave of information !
On the verge Government induced famines as well.
I love this tiny detail at 16:20 where when the narrator says that Munch wanted to block all this noise, the video immediately goes black and soundless for some time.
I was like 😮 did my phone die orrrrr
I was waiting for this video. Thank you
Same here! Thanks, you took the words right outta my.. hand?
Amazing work,acessible to non-art educated like myself,but fully informative and entertaining.
Thank you.
I would love to see you guys do one of Goyas' peices, I think there's alot to talk about there.
It’s just me - and Goya is planned!
🙏
@@GreatArtExplained Your stuff is so well done I thought there must be a whole team behind it😄
That’s a real compliment thanks 🙏
Saturn Devouring His Son would be 🔥
@@seriousbinch3749 no doubt about it. That painting is still one of the most profoundly disturbing and discussed paintings ever.
I call my artworks "my children" and I have for at least 10 years. Haha -- I found that super relatable here. Another great video :)
Not an artist here but I can imagine myself not selling my artworks if I have a choice.
It's like selling an emotional memory !
Another great video. Nice one.
I know very little about art, I've tried reading about it before but often felt like i was just learning facts to impress people with - knowing the "right answers" so to speak. I have very little interest in that sort of learning. With you however I'm really gaining an appreciation and seeing paintings in a way i hadn't done before. Thank you.
Music was a little loud at the end, got a bit distracting, which like, i get the vibe but I'd prefer to understand what I'm being told.
I agree. I understand it was meant to be building up and chaotic before the silence, but what would have increased the desired effect and helped clarity would have been if the narrator had increased his speaking volume with the music - not artificially but actually as if he was trying to shout over the music.
Thanks for the comment - I understand what you are saying - I actually wanted the effect of being drowned out and overwhelmed - I was just getting a little “arty” I guess
One of my favorite paintings ever. As someone who struggles with anxiety, hearing Munch describing this "scream through nature" is so fascinating. Sometimes anxiety can feel like a scream I have yet to release, and can't and sometimes it feels as if the reality around me is screaming at me. That warped and murky-colored feeling is also present, as sometimes anxiety can suck all of the color out of life, minus the ones that bring you bad moods or fear. I really do love this channel, you really do a great of "demystifying" art. Growing up, these artists and pieces of work were placed on such high pedestals and their talent was so great that I never even thought I could "understand" them, but your videos have been so great in humanizing these artists and their works. They were, at the end of the day, people who had very similar struggles to us all.
A video about my favorite painting with my favorite song in the background, truly extraordinary
The rich history of art explained so beautifully. Thank you!
Thanks 🙏
Love your videos! Really want to watch one on Malevitch’s “black square” one day
I LOVE your videos, thank you so much! Your opening up this art world to me is brilliant. Please continue with this! ♥️🤗👍🇩🇪
Thank you for making such incredible art so accessible. I showed your video on Monet to my family and they were in rapture! I love all the research that goes into doing what you clearly love, please continue.
Thanks james 🙏
The fact that it‘s not the figure screaming but nature around it, makes it even better
My favorite painting ever. Went to Oslo 2 months ago to see this in real life. Breathtaking. Thank you for this channel. Also really liked the Peer Gynt intro!
Bucket list updated!
If you can visit the van gogh museum in amsterdam. You’ll be floored a second time.
Been there many times, absolutely a great museum as well.
have ya just not seen a lot of paintings, or?
@@VeggieRice you listen to yachty
Brilliant assessment of one of the world's most famous paintings! And your use of music was inspired. It makes the viewer feel some of the anxiety Munch felt.
The music doesn't make me anxious then again I've been obsessed with it since I heard it in little Einstein's when I was little so
That ending! cheeky bastard, didn’t even notice the cacophony of music that had been building all throughout the video and then I thought it was over because of an error in editing when it went all quiet… brilliant way to bring the point home. I can’t say I understood people’s connection to the painting to be honest, I have been subject to angst and dread all my life but the figures and the style feels so disconcerting (even for sometime who feels at home with Magritte paintings) that I never felt like I could extract any meaning without this explanation. Without the excerpt from his diary about nature screaming and the world collapsing at the background I never would have guessed that was even happening. Even still Munch feels like a true forerunner of Van Gogh and the post impressionists, and some of his other paintings are part of the most striking body of work I have ever seen. Thank you
You do not understand the image ??
You truly surprise me.
I have always been aware of such things ...
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Goes with the territory
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@@pyewackett5right mate, carry on
I wonder if Munch experienced sensory overload typical of neurodivergent folks. Covering the ears is a common response to sensory overload with autism, for example. Feeling blocked in by the figures at the other end of the bridge, the viewer (“the world” that is always watching and judging) and the overstimulating light and color of the sky. The inhuman form of the figure also makes me think of the experience of dissociating (depersonalization and derealization) - a coping mechanism for longterm exposure to trauma and abuse.