Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death - Hardcover

Munch, Edvard

 
9780500026748: Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death

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Edvard Munch occupies a pivotal place in artistic modernity. His work is permeated by a singular vision of the world, with a powerful symbolist dimension that goes beyond the masterpieces he created in the 1890s. For Munch, humanity and nature were united in the cycle of life, death, and rebirth, which is reflected in the recurrence of certain motifs and color combinations in his work. He wrote: “These paintings, which are, admittedly, relatively difficult to understand, will be...easier to grasp if they are integrated into a whole.”Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and DeathFrieze of LifeScream

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Christophe Leribault is director of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Claire Bernardi is head of the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.

Øystein Ustvedt has published widely on Munch, including Edvard Munch: An Inner Life.



Pierre Wat is professor of art history at the University of Paris.

Trine Otte Bak Nielsen is a curator at the Munch Museum, Oslo.

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An authoritative new publication that revisits Munch’s work in its entirety.

Edvard Munch occupies a pivotal place in artistic modernity. His work is permeated by a singular vision of the world, with a powerful symbolist dimension that goes beyond the masterpieces he created in the 1890s, and which gives his art a great coherence. For Munch, humanity and nature were united in the cycle of life, death and rebirth, which is reflected in the unending recurrence of certain motifs and colour combinations in

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