The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art by Linda Dalrymple Henderson

6), and a watercolor and gouache study, The King and Queen Traversed by Nudes at High Speed of April 1912 (Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection). 5) and The King and Queen Traversed by Swift Nudes of April 1912 (fig. These preparatory works include two pencil drawings, 2 Nudes: One Strong and One Swift of March 1912 (fig. In March 1912 he began a series of works on paper on the theme of 'Swift Nudes,' which culminated in his May 1912 painting The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes (fig.

After his completion of the Nude in January, Duchamp's exploration of motion and the invisible entered a new phase. 1 At the same time, Duchamp deliberately distinguished that work from the Cubist style by incorporating both a figure in motion (virtually never seen in Cubism) and the humorous implications of X-ray stripping (here both the clothing and flesh of the nude disappear). 2), stands as his first fully realized response to Cubism's pursuit of the invisible realities suggested by the discovery of X-rays in 1895. Marcel Duchamp's well-known painting of early 1912, Nude Descending a Staircase (fig. Dreier (Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art). (277.5 x 175.8 cm.), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bequest of Katerine S. 1915-1923, oil, varnish, lead wire, lead foil, mirror silvering, and dust on two glass panels (cracked), each mounted between two glass panels, with five glass strips, tinfoil, and a wood and steel frame, 109 1/4 x 69 1/4 in. If you can’t find the resource you need here, visit our contact page to get in touch.Įstablished in 1962, the MIT Press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design.Figure 11: Marcel Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass). The MIT Press has been a leader in open access book publishing for over two decades, beginning in 1995 with the publication of William Mitchell’s City of Bits, which appeared simultaneously in print and in a dynamic, open web edition.Ĭollaborating with authors, instructors, booksellers, librarians, and the media is at the heart of what we do as a scholarly publisher. Today we publish over 30 titles in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. MIT Press began publishing journals in 1970 with the first volumes of Linguistic Inquiry and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

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The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art by Linda Dalrymple Henderson