Duchamp - Love and Death Even (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Marcel Duchamp's stature in the history of art has grown steadily since the 1950s, as several artistic movements have embraced him as their founding father. But although his influence is comparable only to Picasso's, Duchamp continues to be relatively unknown outside his narrow circle of followers. This book seeks to explain his oeuvre, which has been shrouded with mystery.
Duchamp's two great preoccupations were the nature of scientific truth and a feeling for love with its natural limit, death. His works all speak of eroticism in a way that pushes the socially acceptable to its outer limits. Juan Antonio Ramirez addresses such questions as the meaning of the artist's ground-breaking ready-mades and his famous installation "Etant donnes"; his passionate essay reproduces all of Duchamp's important works, in addition to numerous previously unpublished visual sources. "Duchamp: Love and Death, even" is a seminal monograph for understanding this crucial figure of modern art.

General

Imprint:	Reaktion Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	December 1998
Authors:	Juan Ramirez
Dimensions:	243 x 193 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-86189-027-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Surrealism & Dada Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	1-86189-027-3
Barcode:	9781861890276

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