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Marcel Duchamp Dawn Ades

Marcel Duchamp By Dawn Ades

Marcel Duchamp by Dawn Ades


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A revised and expanded edition of one of the most original and important books ever written on this enigmatic artist.

Marcel Duchamp Summary

Marcel Duchamp by Dawn Ades

Genius. Anti-artist. Charlatan. Impostor! Since 1914 Marcel Duchamp has been called all of these. No artist of the 20th century has aroused more passion and controversy, nor exerted a greater influence on art, the very nature of which Duchamp challenged and redefined as concept rather than product by questioning its traditionally privileged optical nature. At the same time, he never ceased to be engaged, openly or secretly, in provocative activities and works that transformed traditional artmaking procedures.

Written with the enthusiastic support of Duchamp's widow, this is one of the most original and important books ever written on this enigmatic artist, and challenges received ideas, misunderstanding and misinformation.

With 172 illustrations in colour

About Dawn Ades

Dawn Ades is Professor Emerita of the History and Theory of Art at the University of Essex. She has written extensively on Dada, Surrealism, photography and women artists, among other things. Publications include Dali and Writings on Art and Anti-Art. Neil Cox is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Cubism and The Picasso Book, and has written numerous essays connecting art and philosophical ideas. David Hopkins is Professor of Art History at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of many books, most recently After Modern Art 1945-2017 and Dark Toys: Surrealism and the Culture of Childhood.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Preface * 1.Origins * 2.Catholicism and the Symbolist Inheritance * 3.Passages * 4.Dry Art, 'The Retinal Shudder' and the Planning of the Large Glass * 5.The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (the Large Glass) * 6.The Readymades and 'Life on Credit' * 7.Optics and Film * 8.Anti-Art, Rrose Selavy and Surrealism * 9.Replicas, Casts and the Infra-thin * 10.Etant donnes * Postscript - Duchamp after Duchamp * Chronology, Bibliography and Sources

Additional information

NGR9780500204702
9780500204702
0500204705
Marcel Duchamp by Dawn Ades
New
Paperback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
2021-03-18
264
N/A
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