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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462743403321

Autore

Witham Larry <1952->

Titolo

Picasso and the chess player [[electronic resource] ] : Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the battle for the soul of modern art / / Larry Witham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover ; ; London, : University Press of New England, 2013

ISBN

1-283-91570-7

1-61168-349-1

Edizione

[1st [ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

709.2/2

B

Soggetti

Artists - France

Modernism (Art)

Art, Modern - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Sensation of sensations" -- The Spanish gaze -- The notary's son -- Bohemian Paris -- Little cubes -- Modernist tide -- The Armory Show -- The return to order -- A Parisian in America -- Surrealist bridges -- Europe's chessboards -- Flight of the avant-garde -- Art in revolt -- The readymade -- Picasso's last stand -- The Duchampians -- Year of Picasso, age of Duchamp.

Sommario/riassunto

The dramatic story of art in the twentieth century