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A penetrating reassessment of Munch s memorable painting and profound artistic legacy .This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state. Following a nervous breakdown in 1908, Munch underwent electroshock therapy, which prompted a marked change in his art work. The haunting Self-Portrait between the Clock and the Bed, finished one year before his death, represents a culmination of the themes of mortality, isolation, and anxiety that he explored repeatedly, and provides, in these pages, a perfect lens through which to view the artist s entire oeuvre. Informative essays consider Munch s position in the art world, his conception of self as a means of experimentation, and the psychological content of his paintings, while a previously unpublished foreword by the celebrated Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard offers a new perspective on Munch's life and work.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

• Full title: Edvard Munch - Between the Clock and the Bed
• Author: Gary Garrels, Jon-Ove Steihaug, Sheena Wagstaff
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 152
• EAN: 9781588396235
• ISBN: 1588396231
• ID: 15184027
• Publisher: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
• Weight: 908 g
• Dimensions: 227 × 268 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. July 2017

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