The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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Page 277
... Munch's main image of family life was the sickroom ( plate 188 ) . One can almost smell the carbolic and sputum in his image of the Munch family gathered around Sophie's deathbed : the masklike faces , the averted heads , the immobile ...
... Munch's main image of family life was the sickroom ( plate 188 ) . One can almost smell the carbolic and sputum in his image of the Munch family gathered around Sophie's deathbed : the masklike faces , the averted heads , the immobile ...
Page 281
... Munch framed it with a hand- painted border of spermatozoa ( which has since been lost ) . " Your face embodies all ... Munch's craving for opposites ( Virgin / Lilith , Foetus / Corpse , and so on ) pervaded his sense of nature . He had ...
... Munch framed it with a hand- painted border of spermatozoa ( which has since been lost ) . " Your face embodies all ... Munch's craving for opposites ( Virgin / Lilith , Foetus / Corpse , and so on ) pervaded his sense of nature . He had ...
Page 285
... Munch : a ghost with a squalling mouth , it curves with the rhythm of the sunset clouds and the viscous - looking pool of the fjord . Can only have been painted by a madman , Munch scribbled in the upper part of the picture , and one ...
... Munch : a ghost with a squalling mouth , it curves with the rhythm of the sunset clouds and the viscous - looking pool of the fjord . Can only have been painted by a madman , Munch scribbled in the upper part of the picture , and one ...
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