Marcel Duchamp
(1887-1968)

        I am doing a research on Dadaism.  First, I have gathered some general information about Dadaism then I  narrowed my topic down to only one artist  I chose Marcel Duchamp and started to focus about his life and his contributions to Dadaism and the society.  Marcel Duchamp was a French Dada artist born on July 28,1887..  He was a leading artist in Cubism, Dadism, Surrealism, Op Art and Pop Art.  He was a strong influence on the development of 20th-century avant-garde art.  In 1923, Duchamp produced his famous masterpiece known as the Large Glass.  He also pioneered two of the main innovations of the 20th century which are kinetic art and ready-made art.  His Bicycle Wheel is an example of kinetic art which was mounted on a kitchen stool.  In 1924, he became chess champion of haute-Normandie, and continued to play tournaments throughout France.  In 1955, he became an American citizen. Finally, he died in Paris on October 1, 1968.

Annotated Bibliography

Internet:

Crews, Heather. Dadaism: The Historical and Spiritual Sources of a Subculture.  24 September 1996. Available:
          [Online]: http://www.comm.trinity.edu/mtv/art/art.dadaism.html [05 March 1999]

         It is mostly about Dada's history. It also talks about some of the artists's viewpoints of Dadaism. Good information about Dada's background.  It has plenty of other links about music and people.

        This site has very good information on Dadaism as well as for other Arts related.  It explains what Dadaism is and who are the Dada artists.  It has a detailed history about Dadaism and how it began and where it began.  It also has several links on Dadaism.

        This first page has a long detailed definition of what Dadaism is.  It tells a little history about Dadaism and about the artists.  It has a list of Dada Artists and links to each of them.  There are several Dada paintings and poems done by Dada artists.  This site has excellent paintings and poems.

      This has very little information about Dadaism.  It has nothing to do with Arts or Dadaism movement.  This site may not be too helpful.

        It’s a very good page about the historical significance of Dadaism.  It has good information about different Dadaist thinkers and how their views are founded.  There were two different  advertisements that are done in dadaist styles and they were displayed to  express the ideas of Dadaism. Not much information is related to arts.

Mansbach, S.A. “The `foreignness' of classical modern art in Romania.” Art Bullentin. 80 (September 1998):
          534-535.

         It has plenty of information about classical arts of Romania.  There are differences between Romania’s modern art and other Balkan countries.  Not much information can be found on Dadaism.

        This one has a comparison with Cubism. Moreover, it talks about Dada’s background history and its historical importance.  It has mostly about Dada artists and their works.

        It’s mostly about Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism. This article only provided a little information of each.  But it does not have a lot of information about Dadaism.

Schwitters, Kurk. “Nothing is here; Dada is its name.” Art News. 91  ( November 1992 ):  103-104.

        This article is mostly about Dada philosphy .  It also compares Cubistic and Extremist work.  There are comments about its writings and arts. It also tells a little bit about Dada history.

Adcock, Craig.  Marcel Duchamp’s Notes from the Large Glass. Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1983.

          Half of the book are mostly illustrations of Marcel Duchamp’s Arts.  The first half of the book are about Marcel Duchamp and his life. There are also several poems in French which are not easy to understand.  Overall, it is a good book to learn more about this Dada artist.

          This book is all about Duchamp, a Dada artist and his lifetime.  There are some photos of him.  This book has excellent information about him.

         There are many art illustrations of several artists including Pablo Picasso’s.  There are also information on Negro and Folk arts. Other chapter is about Apllinaire, a poet and his relation to Picabia and Duchamp. This book is also a good source about Dada artists.

 

Here is another picture of Duchamp!

His masterpiece, " The Large Glass" (1915)

"His Bicycle Wheel" (1951)

Here is another painting of Marcel Duchamp's.

These are some of Dadaism's paintings!

 

 
 

 

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