{"product_id":"9783836534321","title":"Duchamp","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eReadymade man\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanging the course of 20th-century art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen is a urinal no longer a urinal? When \u003cb\u003eMarcel Duchamp\u003c\/b\u003e (1887–1968) declared it to be art. The uproar that greeted the French artist’s \u003ci\u003eFountain\u003c\/i\u003e (1917), a porcelain urinal installed in a gallery, sent shock waves through the art world establishment that continue to reverberate to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDuchamp made a career out of challenging our notions of what art is\u003c\/b\u003e and, in the process, opened our minds to hitherto unknown possibilities. After an oblique version of Cubism in his early career, the artist made his name with \u003ci\u003eNude Descending a Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e (1912), a groundbreaking blend of abstraction, Cubism, and Futurism, with a controversially mechanical titular nude. Around the same time, Duchamp began his forays into the now-iconic \u003cb\u003e“readymades”\u003c\/b\u003e – seemingly random found objects which Duchamp would present as art, including \u003ci\u003eBicycle Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e (1913), \u003ci\u003eBottle Rack\u003c\/i\u003e (1914), and a snow shovel, labeled \u003ci\u003ePrelude to a Broken Arm\u003c\/i\u003e (1915).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuchamp went on to cause even further apoplexy among traditionalists with outrages such as \u003ci\u003eL.H.O.O.Q.\u003c\/i\u003e (1919), in which he presented a \u003cb\u003echeap copy of da Vinci’s \u003ci\u003eMona Lisa\u003c\/i\u003e with a mustache and beard penciled on\u003c\/b\u003e and, for good measure, the auditory pun of the title (which, when read aloud in French, sounds like “Elle a chaud au cul” – “She has a hot ass”).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book \u003cb\u003edistills all the daring and the scandal of Duchamp”s art into one essential overview\u003c\/b\u003e which introduces not only one pioneering creative but also a critical moment in Western art. It is here, amid the assaults on Old Masters and the fractured poetry of found objects, that the \u003cb\u003eart world first transitioned from “retinal” experiences to what would evolve into conceptual practice\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e a concise biography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052525666544,"sku":"9783836534321","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836534321_p0.jpg?v=1769888034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836534321","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}