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scoring deep into the oil,
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and, in one gesture of
broad sweeping strokes,
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eliminates the carefully executed
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window, curtains and flowerpot
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on the right-hand side
of the canvas.
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The final distracting details
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have gone.
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Edvard Munch is aware that
he has made a major breakthrough
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in terms of his own art.
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But he is not yet aware of
the dimensions of this breakthrough.
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At this time, in the mid-1880's,
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each of the major artists
in the Western World
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is still involved in the traditional
presentation of the exterior reality.
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Cézanne,
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the early work of Gauguin
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and, even at this stage,
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Vincent Van Gogh.
1:07:37
The difference between these works
and Munch's canvas,
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is most clearly seen in
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the contemporary presentation
of young women.
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Auguste Renoir,
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Berthe Morisot,
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the American Mary Cassatt,
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the Norwegian Hans Heyerdahl.
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But Edvard Munch's canvas,
with its deeply scored surface,