Munch

Psychodrama:ThereverberatingpowerofanExpressionisticonAhairless,ghostlyfigureonabridge.Theskyorange-redabovehim.Hishandsraisedtohisears,hismouthwideinahauntingwail.InpaintingTheScream,EdvardMunch(1863–1944)createdMonaLisaforourtimes.Theshriekofhisiconicfigurereverberatesaroundtheworld,itsechoresoundingintheworkofAndyWarhol,JasperJohns,MartinKippenberger,MarleneDumas,andTraceyEmin.ThisintroductorybooksurveysMunch’sstaggeringcapacityforpsychodramainTheScreamandbeyond.Withrichillustration,itlooksatthelurid,dark,anddeeplymodernvisionsthatmadeuptheartist’sresponsetorelationshipsandemotions.Thesecompellingimages,regardedbytheartisthimselfasameansof“freeconfession,”remainasmagnetictodayastheywereonthebrinkofmodernism.Abouttheseries:EachbookinTASCHEN’sBasicArtseriesfeatures:adetailedchronologicalsummaryofthelifeandoeuvreoftheartist,coveringhisorherculturalandhistoricalimportanceaconcisebiographyapproximately100illustrationswithexplanatorycaptions