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Duchamp and the Aesthetics of Chance: Art as Experiment
Herbert Molderings
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Hardback. Originally published: Kunst als Experiment: Marcel Duchamps "3 Kunststopf-Normalmasse." Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. Translator(s): Brogden, John. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. Art as Experiment. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 240 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. Originally published: Kunst als Experiment: Marcel Duchamps "3 Kunststopf-Normalmasse." Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight: 406. Translator(s): Brogden, John.
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 Poincare. 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 scientific rationalism to the point where its claims broke down and ... Read more
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 Poincare. 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 scientific rationalism to the point where its claims broke down and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231147620
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V9780231147620
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About Herbert Molderings
Herbert Molderings is a freelance scholar and professor of art history at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. The author of eleven books, he specializes in the history of modern and contemporary art, European photography of the twentieth century, and the works of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Umbo. Molderings is a former fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study ... Read more
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