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A Complete Analysis of “The Kiss IV” by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch’s The Kiss IV (1902) color woodcut depicting two lovers enveloped in a dark cloak, their featureless faces merging in a pale glow against a softly colored, abstract background.

Explore Edvard Munch’s 1902 color woodcut The Kiss IV in this comprehensive analysis of its composition, technique, symbolism, and emotional depth.

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A Complete Analysis of “Sunbathing I” by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch’s “Sunbathing I” (1915) color woodcut depicts a reclining nude woman bathed in warm reds and oranges, set against cool green-blue water and sunlit grass.

Explore Edvard Munch’s 1915 color woodcut “Sunbathing I” through a detailed analysis of its composition, palette, symbolism, technique, and emotional resonance.

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A Complete Analysis of “Self-Portrait in Moonlight” by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch’s Self-Portrait in Moonlight (1902) color woodcut shows the artist’s upper torso and face illuminated by pale moonlight through a window, set against a muted blue interior.

Explore Edvard Munch’s 1902 color woodcut Self-Portrait in Moonlight in a comprehensive analysis of its composition, technique, symbolism, and emotional resonance.

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A Complete Analysis of “The Hands” by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch’s “The Hands” (1895) woodcut: a nude female figure seen from behind and slightly turned, surrounded by dozens of disembodied, grasping hands on a pale background.

Explore Edvard Munch’s 1895 woodcut “The Hands” in this comprehensive analysis covering composition, gesture, symbolism, and psychological depth.

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A Complete Analysis of “Moonlight” by Edvard Munch

“Moonlight” (1896) by Edvard Munch: a woodcut showing a solitary, dark-clad figure seated against a wooden interior wall, gazing through a pale green-framed window at moonlit tree branches against a night sky.

Delve into Edvard Munch’s 1896 woodcut “Moonlight” with an in-depth analysis of its composition, use of negative space, symbolic nocturnal imagery, and psychological tension.

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A Complete Analysis of “Melancholy III” by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch’s “Melancholy III” (1899) woodcut: a solitary figure seated on a shoreline, head resting in hand, facing dark water with a small distant boat and undulating hills under a stark sky.

Explore Edvard Munch’s woodcut “Melancholy III” in this comprehensive analysis of form, symbolism, technique, and psychological resonance.

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A Complete Analysis of “Man Bathing” by Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch’s “Man Bathing” (1899): a solitary nude male standing waist-deep in muted blue-green water beneath a twilight sky.

Discover an in-depth exploration of Edvard Munch’s 1899 “Man Bathing,” examining its composition, color contrasts, symbolic depth, and psychological resonance.

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A Complete Analysis of “Neutralia” by Edvard Munch (1915)

Edvard Munch’s “Neutralia” (1915): two nude figures—one standing beneath a fruiting tree, the other seated—are framed by swirling green foliage and a rippling blue shoreline, rendered in expressive color woodcut lines.

Explore Edvard Munch’s 1915 print “Neutralia”—a mesmerizing color woodcut where two nude figures, sinuous lines, and verdant hues converge in a meditation on neutrality, nature, and human vulnerability.

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A Complete Analysis of “Madonna” by Edvard Munch (c. 1894–95)

Edvard Munch, “Madonna” (c.1894–95): hand-colored lithograph of a reclining nude woman with flowing black hair and a blood-red halo arch, accompanied by a small, emaciated fetus-like figure in the lower left, evoking themes of ecstasy and mortality.

Discover the layered symbolism and innovative technique behind Edvard Munch’s “Madonna” (1894–95), where sacred iconography merges with eroticism, life, and death in a haunting hand-colored lithograph.

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A Complete Analysis of “Head of an Old Man with Beard” by Edvard Munch (1902)

Edvard Munch, “Head of an Old Man with Beard” (1902): monochrome woodcut portrait of an elderly bearded man in black relief against a textured red-brown background, emphasizing expressive line and form.

Discover Edvard Munch’s 1902 woodcut “Head of an Old Man with Beard”, where expressive lines, stark contrasts, and psychological depth converge in a universal meditation on aging and existence.

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A Complete Analysis of “Boys Bathing” by Edvard Munch (1899)

Edvard Munch, “Boys Bathing” (1899): three simplified nude boys in a green woodcut bath scene—two wading in water, one standing on a rock—rendered with bold flat colors and textured woodgrain.

Delve into Munch’s 1899 “Boys Bathing”, a color woodcut where simplified figures, evocative greens, and expressive composition probe themes of youth, vulnerability, and transformation.

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A Complete Analysis of “Boys Bathing” by Edvard Munch

Abstract depiction of boys bathing, with some swimming and others standing at the water's edge, rendered in soft, muted tones by Edvard Munch.

Explore Edvard Munch’s Boys Bathing in this in-depth analysis of the 1890s lithograph. Discover how Munch’s minimalist approach, themes of youth, and psychological depth reveal an intimate moment of innocence, community, and longing in Scandinavian life.