Saturday, November 11, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
tagesplan
die arbeiten, die sie damals für seminare hatte schreiben müssen, hatten sie gequält. stundenlang hockte sie in ihrem zimmer vor den büchern. es interessierte sich nicht. sie trank in kleinen schlucken cinzano, bis sie ihre gedanken verwirrten. schlaf. oft bis spät abends. bunte, angenehme träume, nichts aufregendes, aber grund genung, sich gegen das aufwachen zu wehren. mit geschlossenen augen lag sie dann da und wartete darauf, wieder in den schlafen abzugleiten.
»mach dir für jeden tag einen plan«, ein rat ihrer mutter. wie beschämend für die menschheit, die eigene sinnlosigkeit durch einen genauen tagesplan zu übertünchen.
by dörrie - mitten ins herz
»mach dir für jeden tag einen plan«, ein rat ihrer mutter. wie beschämend für die menschheit, die eigene sinnlosigkeit durch einen genauen tagesplan zu übertünchen.
by dörrie - mitten ins herz
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
sol
although i'm still browsing through my microeconomic book, most of my time now is being spent with german literature. my lectures and seminars are now held in the humanists' hq, a place called språk- och litteraturcentrum, or simply sol (centre for literature and languages). studying there implies a completely different posture towards knowledge, a new lifestyle. it means becoming a contemplative humanist once again and leaving behind, at least for a while, the competitive atmosphere of the school of economics and management. it means a more flexible schedule and fantastic trips through the night, it means sweating with delight.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
madonna
madonna, 1893-94
the aura-like lines around the model in this main motif from the frieze of life which ripple in a soft and suggestive rhythm, the half-closed and deep-set eyes allow us to sense the ecstasy of conception, the pinnacle of love but also an underlying pain. the red colour of the halo has the associations with both love and blood.
by munch - text by the munch museum
Monday, November 06, 2006
togrøk
train smoke, 1900
the picture is one of the series of landscapes from the turn of the century, with rhythmic and lyrical tones in surfaces, colours and lines, bearing hardly any traces of the earlier nervous energy and restless experimentation. the tentative observation of nature is portrayed in a classic, simplified technique in the synthesising art nouveau style of the time.
by munch - text by the munch museum
Sunday, November 05, 2006
smertens blomst
blossom of pain, 1898
this motif was first used as the frontispiece for an issue of the german periodical quickborn, with texts by august strindberg and illustrations by munch. the man bears munch´s features, and is the closest one gets to an artistic credo in his work. Art is created from the lifeblood of the artist, like the beautiful flower which shoots up from the earth next to the suffering man.
by munch - text by the munch museum
Saturday, November 04, 2006
mot skogen II
towards the forest II, 1915
the two woodcuts for this print were first carved in 1897 and printed in many editions. in the early prints, however, the figure of the woman is naked. in 1915 munch worked on these plates further and changed the key plate and the colour plate. the new prints are often printed in radiant colours and the woman appears to be dressed.
by munch - text by the munch museum
Friday, November 03, 2006
døden i sykeværelset
death in the sickroom, 1893
death in the sickroom goes back to the memory of the death of munch`s beloved sister, sophie. otherwise the models are depicted at the ages they were when the motif was painted, not their ages when the event took place. here munch may have wished to express a dimension of contemporaneousness - demonstrating that the family would always be affected by sophie`s death.
by munch - text by the munch museum
Thursday, November 02, 2006
galopperende hest
galloping horse, 1910-12
the combination of refined and powerful brush strokes suggests the wild speed of the horse. with its head turned to the right, it comes towards us through the snow, sweeping the small children aside. the illusion of movement is obtained using exaggerated foreshortening.
by munch - text by the munch museum
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
skrik
jeg gik bortover veien med to venner - så gik solen ned - himmelen ble pludselig blodrød - jeg stanset, lænet mig til gjærdet træt til døden - over den blåsvarte fjord og by lå blod og ildtunger - mine vænner gik videre og jeg stod igjen skjælvende av angst - og jeg følte at det gik et stort uendelig skrig gjennem naturen.
the scream, 1893
the scream has come more and more to be accepted as edvard munch's most significant motif - the very symbol of modern man, for whom god is dead and for whom materialism provides no solace. munch wrote several versions of a prose-lyrical associated with the motif, one of which reads: ’i was walking along a path with two friends - the sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned blood red - i paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence - there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city - my friends walked on, and i stood there trembling with anxiety - and i sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.’
by munch - text by the munch museum