Picasso and the Chess Player : Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art.
Title:
Picasso and the Chess Player : Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art.
Author:
Witham, Larry.
ISBN:
9781611683493
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. "Sensation of Sensations" -- 2. The Spanish Gaze -- 3. The Notary's Son -- 4. Bohemian Paris -- 5. Little Cubes -- 6. Modernist Tide -- 7. The Armory Show -- 8. The Return to Order -- 9. A Parisian in America -- 10. Surrealist Bridges -- 11. Europe's Chessboards -- 12. Flight of the Avant-Garde -- 13. Art in Revolt -- 14. The Readymade -- 15. Picasso's Last Stand -- 16. The Duchampians -- 17. Year of Picasso, Age of Duchamp -- Illustrations -- Author's Note -- Illustration Credits -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
The dramatic story of art in the twentieth century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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