This Painting Is More Intriguing Than It Looks. Here's Why

The Scream Painting is Weirder Than It Seems. Here's Why. There's so much going on here. Let's start with the fact that there is a screaming man at the center of a painting without an apparent back story--and those clouds? Let's get into it.

00:00 The Scream
00:15 Legacy in Pop Culture
01:06 Four Different Screams
02:15 An Emoji's Origin?
02:38 Freud Inspired Art?
04:06 Stolen, Not Once, But Twice
05:16 Nature's Scream? Munch's Own Description
07:42 Pioneering New Artistic Movements
08:34 Record Price at Auction

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