352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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While much has been written on Marcel Duchamp - one of the twentieth century's most beguiling artists - the subject of his flirtation with architecture seems to have been largely overlooked. Yet, in the carefully arranged plans and sections organising the blueprint of desire in the Large Glass, his numerous pieces replicating architectural fragments, and his involvement in designing exhibitions,... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Allegory: The Fall; The Blossoming of Perspective: An Architectural Analysis of Given; Visuality: The Act of Looking; Desire: Female Nude Drawing; Defrocked Cartesians: Duchamp’s Influences and Legacy; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Penelope Haralambidou is Doctoral Programmes Coordinator at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where she also teaches design Unit 24.
’Recently in many architectural schools efforts intensified to further develop architectural research. Exciting new avenues are being explored, relying upon the design skills of architects and urban designers, combining them with intellectual rigor and in-depth thinking, in order to imagine new spatialities and to unfold hitherto unknown spatial experiences. This series highlights the innovative results of these explorations, opening up a new world of path-breaking research.’ Hilde Heynen, University of Leuven, Belgium ’Recommended.’ Choice
