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Alchemist of the avante-garde : the case of Marcel Duchamp / John F. Moffitt.
Fine Arts Library N6853.D8 M64 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moffitt, John F. (John Francis), 1940-2008.
- Series:
- SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968--Criticism and interpretation.
- Duchamp, Marcel.
- Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
- Alchemy--Influence.
- Alchemy.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 468 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This fascinating book demonstrates the influence of alchemy and esoteric traditions on the mature art of Marcel Duchamp. 31 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Prosecuting the Duchamp case 1
- Chapter 1 An esoteric French adolescence for Duchamp: symbolist culture and occultism 13
- Chapter 2 The invention of the modern alchemist-artist 37
- Chapter 3 The cultural shaping of an artist-iconoclast: Duchamp in France, 1887-1915 65
- Chapter 4 Duchamp's first experiments in esoteric and alchemical art, 1910-1912 97
- Chapter 5 Duchamp in New York with esoteric patrons and the Large Glass, 1915-1923 169
- Chapter 6 Alchemical emblematics and the ready-mades, 1913-1923 225
- Chapter 7 The esoteric fourth dimension and laws of chance, 1895-1923 265
- Chapter 8 The circle closes, 1923-1968 313
- Epilogue: the prosecution rests 371.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-457) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791457095
- 0791457109
- OCLC:
- 50034821
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