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Edvard Munch: Signs of Modern Art

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When I first saw this book I was immediately won over. The plates are large, many if not most are full page. There is much of his graphic work, the color is very good, even the text is large and very legible. Art historians have ruined the art book. They believe that their words are more important than the reproductions of the art. The art book is our only real museum, the only way most of us will ever know the great, and not-so-great, art in the world is by reproductions in art books. I will never have the money to tour London, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, etc. Books are the only way most of us will know these creations. I hope Hatje Cantz will continue this format, large, beautiful plates, and large, spare text.

Images are good, but some of them are very small. They are not page size. The biggest are 26x19 cm, and the smallest 13.5x10 cm.

I buy art books principally for the color art plates. I have several other books of Munch's work and this is best outside of the smaller images in excellent biography on Munch, Edvard Munch Behind the Scream by Sue Prideaux. The plates in Sings of Modern Art are large with good color. Nice selection of paintings and prints.