In the fateful year of 1913, events in New York and Paris launched
a great public rivalry between the two most consequential artists
of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. The New
York Armory Show art exhibition unveiled Duchamp's Nude Descending
a Staircase, a "sensation of sensations" that prompted Americans to
declare Duchamp the leader of cubism, the voice of modern art. In
Paris, however, the cubist revolution was reaching its peak around
Picasso. In retrospect, these events form a crossroads in art
history, a moment when two young bohemians adopted entirely
opposite views of the artist, giving birth to the two opposing
agendas that would shape all of modern art.
Today, the museum-going public views Pablo Picasso as the greatest
figure in modern art. Over his long lifetime, Picasso pioneered
several new styles as the last great painter in the Western
tradition. In the rarefied world of artists, critics, and
collectors, however, the most influential artist of the last
century was not Picasso, but Marcel Duchamp: chess player,
prankster, and a forefather of idea-driven dada, surrealism, and
pop art. Picasso and the Chess Player is the story of how Picasso
and Duchamp came to define the epochal debate between modern and
conceptual art--a drama that features a who's who of
twentieth-century art and culture, including Henri Matisse,
Gertrude Stein, Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, and Andy Warhol. In
telling the story, Larry Witham weaves two great art biographies
into one tumultuous century.
General
Imprint: |
University Press of New England
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2013 |
First published: |
2013 |
Authors: |
Larry Witham
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Dimensions: |
237 x 144 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
357 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61168-253-3 |
Categories: |
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General
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LSN: |
1-61168-253-3 |
Barcode: |
9781611682533 |
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