Why is "The Scream" screaming? - Noah Charney

[@kirisuchan1956]

We talked about this painting in art class once and our teacher explained that the colors and texture of the sky in the painting is “screaming” not the person, making the person overwhelmed from their environment, its called expressionism :>

[@DB-me7ol]

I heard it is also connected with a volcano explosion or something year without a summer

[@البومالصور-ن5ج]

سنه انفجار بركان ملئ سماء بدخان و رماد منع ضوء شمس عام بدون صيف​@@DB-me7ol

[@PaigeTheCartoonCaptain]

Lol that's me anytime a fork scrapes a plate Interesting tho

[@indigofenrir7236]

@@PaigeTheCartoonCaptain When you can hear a description of a sound.

[@PaigeTheCartoonCaptain]

@@indigofenrir7236 what I mean when that happens in real life

[@Unstbecsta]

Munch’s personal description of the scream during his walk with friends was so oddly comforting to me when I first heard it….I have General Anxiety Disorder and I have experienced moments like that often. Knowing a widely regarded and famous painter also understood this unexpected inexplicable fear is just……it’s nice to know you’re not alone!!!!!!

[@perpetualbystander4516]

You remind me of Sigourney Weaver.

[@anabsolutetrashfire1312]

It's giving depersonalisation or derealisation for me. Honestly why I like it so much.

[@abynevermore5542]

​@@perpetualbystander4516😂😂😂 jesus christ that was accurate

[@HedvaGloriaEdelblum]

I studied naturopathy and strongly recommend you research holistic therapies and or therapist. BTW, you are not alone. Those who are courageous enough to face fears, no matter real or not, through expression of any kind, give the rest of us deeper connection to ourselves and others. Blessings to you for health and happiness.

[@prekpaoml]

the animation depicting the essence of the painting is awesome

[@awesomehpt8938]

Honestly with such a beautiful view of the sea I’d be pretty happy. Especially with that nice sunset. Always wondered why the guy is screaming.

[@chrisvazquez4291]

I hope this comment becomes the most popular. Cheers

[@the-syllogist]

existential angst...and mental illness

[@ojhabhumika]

But when struggling with a mental illness or general unhappiness, even the most beautiful of the locations can feel overwhelmingly scary.

[@ItsMe-sx9ck]

Could only have been painted by a madman

[@mine_neko]

I heard somewhere it wasn't any kind of sunset... the colors in the sky really diferent and kind of "special" due to the recent eruption of the Krakatoa.

[@indigofenrir7236]

The Scream is the signature facial expression of college students.

[@baronde8551]

When you enter engineering

[@nawa2396]

😱

[@jerryrichardson2799]

True, lol!

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

Besides crying.

[@citrange077]

And everyone living even after college.

[@bhaskarchatterjee5249]

I’ve always had a ghastly feeling about this painting but then I figured it’s just me on a Monday morning when my alarm goes off

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

The scream face 😱😱gives me anxiety. Like I remember as a kid seeing the scream mask (I'm talking about the movies) and even the painting and I was afraid of it.

[@camillac.s.279]

Still afraid and still gives me anxiety . 😢

[@Epic_Halfblood]

Someone a few years ago at an after school thing I went to (not dropping any names for safety) dressed up as the scream for halloween. I was already slightly scared of the painting, and the fake blood with the costume didn’t help that. And the fact that the place was decorated to the brim so the vibes were already set. I’m just rambling at this point, lol. Thanks if you read all the way through it 😅

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

@@Epic_Halfblood yup I read it all the way through. 😊 You a Potter head?

[@Epic_Halfblood]

@@Sunflowersarepretty no, my mom won’t let me watch/read it for religious reasons

[@mangantasy289]

Having sevre mental health issues myself, that painting speaks to the darkest parts of my heart. Way too relatable.

[@Simonchrismasdoherty]

This is human suffering and pain expressed in art

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

You'd be amazed how much of an influence mental illness has had on arts and media

[@PaigeTheCartoonCaptain]

You'd be surprised how many people are secretly mentally ill without realizing it (Well maybe you wouldn't be but it's a lot. Not that I could possibly know exactly how many)

[@amazoring8269]

@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds.not painting just art I. General tbh

[@Simonchrismasdoherty]

Mother nature is in pain and so is the human race

[@syeedahaseeba8576]

"Could only have been painted by a madman" wise words for sure ✨️❤️‍🩹 3:32

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

"Thank goodness for that, because if I weren't, this would probably never work." -Captain Jack Sparrow

[@ronaldosapam8736]

Taking a moment to appreciate the efforts and work the illustrators and animated have put together for this amazing project

[@icemagiciangh]

Hearing his voice, one that moments prior spoke of psychiatric wards and TB, say “emoji” is the most surreal thing I’ve heard all week.

[@yellowbox9912]

The “Scream” is a whole mood”

[@chrisvazquez4291]

Tuberculosis. Such a ravaging force human history!

[@teralore]

Wild thing is that it's not even 'history'. Still very prevalent in a lot places even though we very well know how to get rid of it. Look it up! :)

[@cankatmalik]

@@teralorevery sad and true!

[@shramanadasdutta3006]

Found John Green

[@Alish-629bang]

Dude, I love Edvard Munch! He's my favorite painter!

[@nekkoPi]

Long ago I heard that this person in the middle of the painting isn't screaming; they are putting their hands against their ears, shutting them, because of someone/something else's scream. I was still a teen but it made total sense to me.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Munch be like: 😱😱😱

[@nat_htrk]

This painting successfully scared me as a child 😱

[@ModernAtomX]

I want to know why people are seemingly inherently against artistic ventures. Seems to be a common theme throughout all of history.

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

Because they depict a brutal truth that upsets people in many cases

[@simonghostriley9657]

I swear to god this is my WhatsApp pfp

[@aviralgupta393]

people fear the new & the unkown

[@Echo81Rumple83]

Humans are easily startled creatures when it comes to new changes.

[@ann18o96]

People are scared of change and the unknown, so free thinkers who express their emotions and travel are their enemy.

[@theWZZA]

The animation here complements the painting so well ♥

[@melon7247]

My opinion about this painting is the artist is just amazed of the great sky caused by the sunset during that time

[@botrossrour8520]

I visited the Munch musuem in Oslo ealrier on this year during my trip through Norway. It was such a special exprience, I was there for hours and I just couldnt get enough. It was absolutely one of my highlights during my trip to this very special country.

[@Passion84GodAlways]

I ❤ these TED-ED videos! 🤩

[@ahmedsaoudi2344]

This video is, in and of itself, a piece of art!

[@connorbeighley6981]

I had an art teacher that loved this painting

[@BEExPyro]

I have been thinking of this painting for three days before I notice this video existed.

[@RamonQuiro7]

I like how it ties with current world context; explaining its influence on the now

[@futuristic.handgun]

It's so freaking cool that this 😱 is in existence because of the painting. My new favorite fact that I can't wait to tell people. 😁

[@adrianblake8876]

There's also cat version: 🙀

[@dimamatat5548]

I always thought the figure wasn't screaming, just silently shocked by something to the point of staring with its mouth open.

[@Sudstah]

The scream to me is amazing because it shows discomfort and pain via body language, by a skewed viewed and by unnatural vivid colours representing inside the mind.

[@teruphoto]

Having been a fan of this painting for years, I can't believe that I never associated it with the 😱 emoji. It's probably due to the emotional being associated with fear whereas this painting is about anguish.

[@elvisiq]

Its my absolute favourite painting since i was little

[@farhanrejwan]

never knew the backstory of this emoji 😱 i always thought it meant "oh wow" or "that's astonishing", or something like that.

[@VashTheTyphonicStampede]

I remember when I was in 2nd year high school, we had a project in our art class where we were to choose one famous artwork and paint it in a white t-shirt. That time, I chose this one, The Scream. I remember that I have made it quite well. Then the painted t-shirts made by us students were placed (hanged) in one of our school's hallways as an exhibit. They were exhibited for quite some time. I can still remember - whenever I saw my project, I was happy and proud of it. That time, The Scream was the most interesting one for me. I found it bizarre that whenever I look at it, I get an eerie, sinister yet curious feeling at the same time.

[@hanleylinify]

Munch is my favourite artist. Love all of his paintings. I can relate to those human sufferings.

[@kwanryan5914]

The most menacing utterance of the word "emoji" ever

[@simotalka3682]

From my opinnion about this famous painting is that the screaming figure is telling the pain in the painter's head when he witness the ghastly horror on the landview while the painter is screaming from fear that he can't do anything but can only scream from fear

[@anafiyel]

Oh, I never guessed that it was from this picture that the symbol of horror and the movie "Scream" began.

[@patmullarkey7659]

The colors in the Scream came from the eruption of Krakatoa volcano. It erupted in 1883 sending gases and dust into the atmosphere. February 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope.

[@LincolnLoud-ht1vb]

finally someone mentioned the cause of why the sky was red as seen the painting

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks ❤

[@fauxvier8519]

The music worked along with the vid really well

[@ayugitabhagawanti5095]

Truly a masterpiece this video is

[@fc192shibism3]

Title: The Person Isn't Actually Screaming... The Video: The Person Is Screaming 🤷‍♂️

[@MrDingez]

Me reading the tiltle: 😱 Me after I watched the video: 🙄

[@NoName-in3sx]

When the narrator said "Since Norwegian artist Edvard Munch created The Scream in 1893" I heard a little girl screaming outside my window! Coincident real-life sound effects?

[@agelessorca]

This video gave me the same feelings as A Christmas Carol.

[@SciMinute]

Fascinating topic! Thanks!

[@Mgh-r]

Thank u all ❤❤❤❤❤

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@somebody-lilac]

how bad do you have to scare someone that their face deforms-

[@photodube]

"The Scream continued its crescendo.." Nice.

[@Zahk_noodle]

"This person isn't actually screaming" *explains why the person is actually screaming*

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Me: 😱😱😱

[@shreyashvaidya2773]

Fun fact: The reddish sky in the background is the powerful volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The eruption caused the skies to turn red in the Western Hemisphere.

[@waldruimwatchnet896]

So basically he invented depiction of Gen Z?

[@gerlalu6647]

This almost triggered my anxiety

[@muntazermehdi2411]

I first saw "The Scream" on the cover of Friedrich Nietzsche's book "The Birth of Tragedy". The title of the book and the name of the painting made it seem even more intense.

[@taywhit2593]

As a little kid I saw a snippet of PBS show on The Scream that my Grandmother was watching. The painting horrified me, and I couldn’t tell you why. Maybe it was that gaunt, ghost like face, or maybe that the figure was looking at you the whole time. Whatever the reason, I refused to look at anything having to do with The Scream till I was in High school. I’m happy I got a chance here to learn a little about the picture, and understand the history of the anxiety that inspired it and haunted my childhood.

[@sky.2310]

the best painting. ❤

[@3rd_iimpact]

“Who’s next?” “MEEEEEEE!!”

[@paramesapravichandran8152]

Loved this!

[@MrsJudithWright]

So interesting, thanks TED Ed.

[@525Lines]

How do you conserve a painting done on cardboard? I assume it wasn't corrugated.

[@skyemiddletonx9006]

I'm surprised you didn't include the theory that it was inspired by the reddening skies caused by the eruption/explosion of Krakatoa

[@gregoryfenn1462]

Had a lot of nightmares literally about this in my life :(

[@heterodontosaurustucki]

NEVER LET EDVARD MUNCH COOK AGAIN 🔥🔥🔥

[@user-spelunky]

I watched this video in art class today

[@diyaghosh1644]

I used to have the same scream mask at home quite recently

[@sandraaalbk7560]

Beautiful❤

[@DefileOdds]

He's not screaming?! 😱 NOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@_aglest]

He's aroused

[@4h4nn]

4:55 - 5:00 Am I the only one hearing the Angels screaming?

[@crankyturtle9704]

Wow love the art and music in this one!

[@marcusmortensen404]

The location where Munch got the insiration for the scream is "Ekeberg utsikten" wich is actually not a bridge, its a more like a cliff overlooking the city and the fjord.

[@phuongngan9047]

The pikachu in 4:20…what did it do to deserve this❤😂😂

[@lotusgal313]

Until now I had no idea that painting inspired the ghost face mask in the scream franchise

[@ansuns-06]

Scream actually depict his painters own sufferings۔the pain he wants to convey is obvious,TB was a great cause of sufferings for these generations, imagine seeing someone die everyday slowly how horrible it is۔his soul is in this scream ۔۔۔۔

[@robintauber9994]

No note of "Home Alone" and that famous still that the Actor is still associated with?

[@MADSquirrelyDUDE]

It's probably worth mentioning that the fiery sky depicted in The Scream could have been the result of stratospheric aerosols ejected from the Krakatoa eruption in 1893

[@SpookyDisneyPrincess]

4:23 I recognize that scream sound from the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and DisneyWorld 😍

[@maddietheweird.4029]

When I was in Elementary school the art teacher had us draw our own versions of this painting but with Crayola markers.

[@jadijune9058]

The reader’s voice is very familiar, it seems I heard him in the cartoon “Papa Beaver’s story time’. 😍

[@jacquieclaypoole1283]

It could well be a reaction to hearing or even feeling a scream within one’s energy field. All of the thoughts we generate send energy out. To say nothing of millennia energy and ripples of it from actions . Then through bombs, guns grenades of more recent centuries bouncing energy around in our vacuum. It is a wonder anyone sensitive to energy can rest at all.

[@jkvz7184]

Me and my cat watching this:😱🙀

[@MGD313]

The sky in "The Scream" could have been caused by the eruption of Krakatoa.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

no red skies happen every year, last year it was pink and the year before it was yellow idk why

[@Ikajo]

In Norway? Not likely. It is actually a common occurrence during winter in Scandinavia. I've painted a dramatic sundown myself, inspired by an actual sundown

[@melon7247]

not real, 1883 was the year Mt. Krakatoa exploded its big explosion and "The Scream" was created around 1893. So i would say the relevance of this claim is very very far

[@marciaandrade4059]

Oh the agony of the world

[@CharlotteXMoon]

I learned something today thank you!

[@Asian1056]

Fun fact: this masterpiece is inspired by the view from Van Gogh's second-story bedroom window.

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

I’ve always thought it was just a badly painted Spaniel

[@98Zai]

Very cool

[@Oneiroi0]

Should have added the fact the red sky happened due to a large volcano eruption. I forgot which one it is, but i think its the one with the loudest sound ever recorded (due to the eruption)

[@kaushikbiswas6461]

now it all makes sense... this is how panic attack feels like

[@matthewwriter9539]

I have no mouth and I must scream.

[@HFIAPY]

Bro got that KZbin thumbnail face 💀

[@angelnicolev.iniego4253]

I love this!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

My wallet always screams in agony after payday

[@leovanwinkle8812]

I got some Lovecraft vibes from some of those quotes!

[@creativezonebyarnabi]

Could you make a video explaining Cholinergic uriticaria

[@daniels.2720]

Me: Scream ? And all this time, I thought it was 'The Great Yawn' ...huh

[@namelesscare7982]

There is a movie series named "Scream". It is about a serial killer with a ridiculous costume who kills people and spreads horror. That movie came to my mind while watching this. P.S. During the video is also briefly mentioned on this franchise.

[@SpiderTheGruffet]

and that is like the only noteworthy fact about this painting

[@paillette2010]

4:42 99% Invisible had an episode on the group who was doing this and trying to explain to generations in a distant future about radioactive sites.

[@BrendaTzipori]

some historians have suggested that Munch was seeing the atmospheric impact of a major volcanic eruption that had reached around the globe