Journal article
Conventionalism in Henri Poincaré and Marcel Duchamp
Art journal (New York. 1960), Vol.44(3), pp.249-258
09/01/1984
DOI: 10.1080/00043249.1984.10792553
Abstract
The mathematical and philosophical writings of Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) were among the major influences on the development of Marcel Duchamp's art and thought. Through Poincaré, Duchamp learned the basic principles of at least three major branches of modern geometry: n-dimensional geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, and topology. So important were these geometries to Duchamp that he incorporated numerous references to them in the iconography of his major works: the Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (the Large Glass), 1915-23 (Fig. 1), Tu m', 1918 (Fig. 2), the ready-mades, and the satellite works associated with them. For Duchamp, Poincaré's philosophical discussions of the conventional nature of geometry were a way of reinforcing his own speculations about the provisional nature of aesthetics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Conventionalism in Henri Poincaré and Marcel Duchamp
- Creators
- Craig Adcock
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Art journal (New York. 1960), Vol.44(3), pp.249-258
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/00043249.1984.10792553
- ISSN
- 0004-3249
- eISSN
- 2325-5307
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1984
- Academic Unit
- Art and Art History
- Record Identifier
- 9984397234202771
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