Tulla larsen biography of martin

Dance of Life (1899-1900) is generally regarded as one of Munch’s major paintings, and most of the literature refer to it and briefly analyse it, not always accurately.

Tulla larsen biography of martin

There has been only one thorough examination (Müller-Westermann, Munch by Himself, Chapter 3). This essay will carefully examine the 1899-1900 painting as well as the preliminary 1898 sketch and Munch’s 1925 copy.

It will find that Dance of Life is a personal statement on marriage—an interpretation that hasn’t been made before.

Dance of Life can be usefully divided into two parts: the foreground with the four figures and the background.

The four foreground figures are carefully arranged in the tableau vivant style. Munch makes use of this popular 19^th century form of entertainment where actors would pose silently to create a dramatic scene.

By using a tableau vivant, he is asking