The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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Page 55
... Duchamp left to go with it , collected out of order in the Green Box , are the most scrambled instruction manual imaginable . But they are deliberately scrambled . For instance , he talked about the machine in the Glass running on a ...
... Duchamp left to go with it , collected out of order in the Green Box , are the most scrambled instruction manual imaginable . But they are deliberately scrambled . For instance , he talked about the machine in the Glass running on a ...
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... Duchamp's own interest in the confusion of sexual roles . Duchamp made other attempts to de - mystify art , notably with his " readymades " - common things like a snow shovel , a bicycle wheel , or a rack for drying bottles , which he ...
... Duchamp's own interest in the confusion of sexual roles . Duchamp made other attempts to de - mystify art , notably with his " readymades " - common things like a snow shovel , a bicycle wheel , or a rack for drying bottles , which he ...
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... Duchamp , on the other hand , was a poet of entropy . Nobody at the time wanted to grapple with Picasso , but Duchamp opened up a small , distinct area of liberty to which scores of younger artists found themselves admitted . The ...
... Duchamp , on the other hand , was a poet of entropy . Nobody at the time wanted to grapple with Picasso , but Duchamp opened up a small , distinct area of liberty to which scores of younger artists found themselves admitted . The ...
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