{"product_id":"descendant-lars-von-trier-9788702455106","title":"Descendant: Lars Von Trier and Nordic Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Hammersh i to Munch, Strindberg to Gauguin--cult filmmaker Lars von Trier presents a curated selection of his artistic influences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My idea is to satisfy myself with a collage of images that together represent my youthful, naïve, if you will, love for primarily Nordic artists and their followers, as a kind of interwoven tapestry that can be viewed both as a whole and in detail.\" This is how Danish film director Lars von Trier (born 1956) introduces his curatorial project, \u003ci\u003eDescendant\u003c\/i\u003e, staged at the Willumsen's Museum and the Thiel Gallery. The accompanying catalog unfolds with an array of works from 19th- and 20th-century Nordic and continental European artists--August Strindberg, Caspar David Friedrich, Edvard Munch, J.F. Willumsen, Paul Gauguin, Per Kirkeby, Rudolph Tegner and Vilhelm Hammersh i--and traces their visual influences on von Trier's feature films such as \u003ci\u003eMelancholia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Waves\u003c\/i\u003e and the Palme d'Or-winning \u003ci\u003eDancer in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. Essays by literary critic Lilian Rösing, artist Erik Steffensen, author Karl Ove Knausgård and von Trier himself wax poetic on the director's most common and controversial themes and their reflections in the psyches of these artists from bygone generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lars Von Trier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8702455102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788702455106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strandberg Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.70h x 8.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Lars Von Trier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49001456861439,"sku":"9788702455106","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/descendant-lars-von-trier-9788702455106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}