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Marcel Duchamp is often viewed as an ""artist-engineer-scientist, "" a kind of rationalist who relied heavily on the ideas of the French mathematician and philosopher Henri Poincaré. Yet a complete portrait of Duchamp and his multiple influences draws a different picture. In his...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Molderings, Herbert (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brogden, John (Translator)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.
Temas:
Duchamp, Marcel, > 1887-1968. > 3 standard stoppages.
Duchamp, Marcel, > 1887-1968 > Criticism and interpretation.
Duchamp, Marcel, > 1887-1968.
ART > Individual Artists > Artists' Books.
ART > Individual Artists > Essays.
ART > Individual Artists > Monographs.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Marcel Duchamp is often viewed as an ""artist-engineer-scientist, "" a kind of rationalist who relied heavily on the ideas of the French mathematician and philosopher Henri Poincaré. Yet a complete portrait of Duchamp and his multiple influences draws a different picture. In his 3 Standard Stoppages (1913-1914), a work that uses chance as an artistic medium, we see how far Duchamp subverted scientism in favor of a radical individualistic aesthetic and experimental vision. Unlike the Dadaists, Duchamp did more than dismiss or negate the authority of science. He pushed scien.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index.
ISBN:9780231519748
0231519745

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