Nu descendant un escalier n° 2) is a 1912 painting by marcel duchamp His now famous depiction of a body in motion walking down a narrow stairway quickly drew outrage from a public unfamiliar with current trends in european art, and became a succès de scandale (success from scandal) that launched duchamp into the american spotlight. The work is widely regarded as a modernist classic and has become one of the most famous of its time.
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Imagine a painting of a nude descending a staircase, but only, this nude looks more robotic and calculated rather than robust and curvaceous, as nudes in art history are expected to be
Charged with a sort of kineticism, this person is a moving force of lines and shapes
This is the painting we will explore in the article below, titled nude descending a staircase (1912) by marcel duchamp. Nude descending a staircase (no 2), oil painting created in 1912 by french artist marcel duchamp The painting created a sensation, but duchamp painted only a few more works, notably the large glass.
2) peels away the traditional beauty of the nude in art, its carnality, even its identifiable sex Instead, the painting aims to expand our perception of the human body in motion, a topic of fascination for duchamp around this time Though the work exemplifies his extremely original engagement with cubism, it also precipitated his break with the cubists Duchamp sent his painting nude descending a staircase (no
