Munch The Scream

The Scream shows an agonized figure against a blood red sky. It was completed in 1893 by Edvard Munch. The enviornment of The Scream is often compared to that of which an individual suffering from Depersonalization disorder experiences, such as a feeling of distortion of the environment and one's self.

In a page in his diary, Munch described his inspiration for the image thus:

I was walking along a path with two friends — the sun was setting — suddenly the sky turned blood red — I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence — there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city — my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety — and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.