Alchemist of the Avant-Garde
The Case of Marcel Duchamp
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
512 pages
978-0-7914-8690-0 (ISBN)
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A fascinating book demonstrating the influence of alchemy and esoteric traditions on the mature art of Marcel Duchamp.
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John F. Moffitt is Professor Emeritus of Art History at New Mexico State University. He is the author of Spanish Painting; Occultism in Avant-Garde Art: The Case of Joseph Beuys; Velázquez, práctica e idea: Estudios dispersos; Art Forgery: The Case of the Lady of Elche; The Arts in Spain; and Picturing Extraterrestrials: Alien Imagery in Modern Mass Culture. He is coauthor (with Santiago Sebastián) of O Brave New People: The European Invention of the American Indian.
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Introduction: Prosecuting the Duchamp Case
1. An Esoteric French Adolescence for Duchamp: Symbolist Culture and Occultism
2. The Invention of the Modern Alchemist-Artist
3. The Cultural Shaping of an Artist-Iconoclast: Duchamp in France, 1887-1915
4. Duchamp's First Experiments in Esoteric and Alchemical Art, 1910-1912 5. Duchamp in New York with Esoteric Patrons and the Large Glass, 1915-1923
6. Alchemical Emblematics and the Ready-Mades, 1913-1923
7. The Esoteric Fourth Dimension and Laws of Chance, 1895-1923
8. The Circle Closes, 1923-1968
Epilogue: The Prosecution Rests
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Prosecuting the Duchamp Case
1. An Esoteric French Adolescence for Duchamp: Symbolist Culture and Occultism
2. The Invention of the Modern Alchemist-Artist
3. The Cultural Shaping of an Artist-Iconoclast: Duchamp in France, 1887-1915
4. Duchamp's First Experiments in Esoteric and Alchemical Art, 1910-1912 5. Duchamp in New York with Esoteric Patrons and the Large Glass, 1915-1923
6. Alchemical Emblematics and the Ready-Mades, 1913-1923
7. The Esoteric Fourth Dimension and Laws of Chance, 1895-1923
8. The Circle Closes, 1923-1968
Epilogue: The Prosecution Rests
Notes
Bibliography
Index
