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Munch (Kindle edition)
Munch (Kindle edition) Author: Patrick Bade Edvard Munch, born in 1863, was Norway’s most popular artist. His brooding and anguished paintings, based on personal grief and obsessions, were instrumental in the development of Expressionism. During his childhood, the death of his parents, his brother and sister, and the mental illness of another sister, were of great influence on his convulsed and tortuous art. In his works, Munch turned again and again to the memory of illness, death and grief. During his career, Munch changed his idiom many times. At first, influenced by Impressionism and Post-impressionism, he turned to a highly personal style and content, increasingly concerned with images of illness…
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Edvard Munch: The black tears of Krakatoa (1883)
Edvard Munch , born in 1863, was Norway’s most popular artist. His brooding and anguished paintings, based on personal grief and obsessions, were instrumental in the development of Expressionism. During his childhood, the death of his parents, his brother and sister, and the mental illness of another sister, were of great influence on his convulsed and tortuous art. In his works, Munch turned again and again to the memory of illness, death and grief. During his career, Munch changed his idiom many times. At first, influenced by Impressionism and Post-impressionism, he turned to a highly personal style and content, increasingly concerned with images of illness and death. In the 1892s,…
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[Part 4/6] The Bridge Die Brücke, le pont – Bridging Two Worlds
An important early statement of intent came in 1906. In the catalogue to their first group exhibition, held in Löbtau, Dresden, they issued their rallying cry. This was in the form of a founding “manifesto” of the Künstlergruppe Brücke (Bridge Artists’ Group). Printed in stylized, quasi-primitive lettering, the text reads: WITH FAITH IN DEVELOPMENT AND IN A NEW GENERATION OF CREATORS AND APPRECIATORS, WE CALL TOGETHER ALL YOUTH. AS YOUTH, WE CARRY THE FUTURE AND WANT TO CREATE FOR OURSELVES FREEDOM OF LIFE AND OF MOVEMENT AGAINST THE LONG-ESTABLISHED OLDER FORCES. EVERYONE WHO WITH IMMEDIACY AND AUTHENTICITY CONVEYS THAT WHICH DRIVES HIM TO CREATE BELONGS WITH US. The “drive” to…
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[Part 3/6] Expressionism: The Revolution of Woman: Rosa Luxemburg, Paula Modersohn, Käthe Kollwitz…
At the beginning of the twentieth century, two of Germany’s most distinctive and original artists were women: Paula Modersohn-Becker and Käthe Kollwitz. Kollwitz had a long, prolific career that lasted from the 1890s until her death – just days before the end of the Second World War – well after Expressionism’s demise. Like Munch, her work often deals with profound emotion, birth, suffering and death. But it is otherwise very different. His work emerged from a Symbolist, bohemian milieu, pungent with sex and decadence, on the one hand, and a highly personal, subjective sensitivity to the natural sublime on the other. Hers came from a Realist tradition of humane socio-political…
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Munch and Van Gogh: The parallels drawn between two great artists
One Norwegian and one Dutch, the lives of Munch and Van Gogh draw many parallels, in particular with regards to their stylistic and artistic ideals. Both artists tried, and in turn succeeded to break free from the confines of the art world as well as the predefined concepts of artistic movements such as Impressionism and Classicism. On the surface their similarities are plentiful, but what can be found by delving deeper into their lives? Their art has been described as colourful, intense, expressive, and radical. They broke away from conventions to create emotionally-charged, unique, and innovative art, all the while creating a lasting legacy of their talents. Both artists endured…
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Edvard Munch ; résolument moderne
« …et l’on a cru que l’homme était fou. » Dans un article publié dans le journal norvégien Aftenposten en 1923 à l’occasion des soixante ans du peintre norvégien Edvard Munch, le journaliste revenait sur l’accueil ambivalent reçu par l’artiste à ses débuts. Il rappelait que, dès le départ, Munch avait révolté ses contemporains. C’est d’ailleurs l’un des sujets centraux du film de Peter Watkins en 1973, La danse de la vie ; on y voit la solitude de l’artiste face à l’incompréhension d’une société puritaine et bourgeoise qui préfère voir en lui un malade mental plutôt que l’annonciateur de la crise identitaire de cette fin de siècle. On va jusqu’à saboter…
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Edvard Munch – Christen Sandberg, 1909. In HD!
Click on the image to see Edvard Munch’s Christen Sandberg in High Resolution, with all its amazing details!
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The Game of Thrones: A Screaming Good Time
It’s that time of year again. Adrenaline, excitement, anguish, depression, lethargy, and resignation: these are all common feelings associated with this time. What is so significant about this particular time of year you may ask? Well, now is the time of year when the season finale of the Game of Thrones has come and gone. A whole 9 months to go before we find out who the next unsuspecting victim(s) of George R.R. Martin’s vicious pen will be. And I ask you: how are we supposed to deal with that? Sure, for the next month, there will be lots of debate about what might happen and who may become the…
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Camino del éxtasis
¿Cuántas maneras hay de alcanzar el éxtasis? La primera respuesta es evidente, todos hemos declarado en alguna ocasión haber alcanzado ese estado momentáneo de satisfacción y armonización de los sentidos en la compañía adecuada, aunque en realidad la definición de la palabra únicamente hace referencia al embargo del alma por un sentimiento de admiración o alegría. Entonces, ¿cuál de las dos acepciones es más cierta? Pues ambas, sin duda alguna. Porque no sólo existe el éxtasis sexual sino que existe también el éxtasis místico, y si no que se lo pregunten a Santa Teresa. Sin embargo, esto no nos aclara todavía la cantidad de maneras que existen de poder alcanzar…
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