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Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket
1880 onward

Birth of the Modern

The bold leap toward modern art.

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Three giveaways that tell you what you're looking at — even for a painting you've never seen. Each detail below is magnified from the work named beside it.
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Colour as emotion. A green face or a red sky because it feels right — accuracy is abandoned.

detail from The Scream — Edvard Munch
detail of The Scream ⤢
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The mark shows. Swirls, dots and slabs — you can read the artist's hand in every stroke.

detail from The Starry Night — Vincent van Gogh
detail of The Starry Night ⤢
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Flattened space. Depth collapses, outlines return, and the painted surface asserts itself as a surface.

detail from The Kiss — Gustav Klimt
detail of The Kiss ⤢
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The works

10 paintings in this chapter.

Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket boss
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket
James McNeill Whistler · c. 1875
The Apparition
The Apparition
Gustave Moreau · c. 1876
Isle of the Dead
Isle of the Dead
Arnold Böcklin · 1880
The Potato Eaters
The Potato Eaters
Vincent van Gogh · 1885
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night
Vincent van Gogh · 1888
The Bedroom
The Bedroom
Vincent van Gogh · 1888
Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh · 1888
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889
James Ensor · 1889
The Yellow Christ
The Yellow Christ
Paul Gauguin · 1889
The Starry Night
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh · 1889