El Crit

1. EL CRIT
Edvard Munch
Teresa Peiró
2n de Batxillerat
Història de l’art

2. TECHNICAL CARD
• CHRONOLOGY: 1893
• LOCALIZATION: Nasjonalgalleriet
(Oslo)
• TECHNIQUE: Oil and tempera on
cardboard
• SIZES: 91 x 73 cm
• STYLE: Expressionist
• TOPIC: Allegorical (An allegory is a
resource that uses symbols as a
reference of a real concept)

3. FORMAL DESCRIPTION

4. THE PICTURE HAS THREE PLANS
1st 2nd Completion
Strange Character People walking Seascape

5. VISUAL IMBALANCE
Marked by a diagonal

6. ANGUISH OF THE CHARACTER
• The painter uses a sinuous curved line.
• Outlining the main figure and the natural background that
surround him.

7. BALANCED ELEMENTS
• Straight line
• Suggest stability

8. COLOURS
• Not a mimetic copy of nature
• Subjective view of the scene
• “Violent” and surreal mixture
• No transition from one colour
to another

9. THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION