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Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death

by Christophe Leribault

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Munch’s art in recurring motifs

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Munch’s art in recurring motifs

This monograph frames Edvard Munch’s work through the connections he drew between humanity and nature, and through a recurring cycle of life, death and rebirth. It places his symbolist vision beyond the well-known works of the 1890s, pointing to repeated motifs and color combinations as part of a larger artistic whole. That emphasis offers a way to consider individual works in relation to the patterns that recur across Munch’s art.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Edvard Munch and individual-artist monographs
  • Those exploring Symbolism and artistic modernity
  • Readers interested in recurring imagery and color in art

Themes

SymbolismLife, death and rebirthHumanity and natureRecurring motifs and color

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Book overview

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."

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Mus

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