Witham, Larry, 1952-

Picasso and the chess player Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the battle for the soul of modern art / [electronic resource] : Larry Witham. - 1st [ed.]. - Hanover ; London : University Press of New England, 2013. - 357 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Sensation of sensations" -- The Spanish gaze -- The notary's son -- Bohemian Paris -- Little cubes -- Modernist tide -- The Armory Show -- The return to order -- A Parisian in America -- Surrealist bridges -- Europe's chessboards -- Flight of the avant-garde -- Art in revolt -- The readymade -- Picasso's last stand -- The Duchampians -- Year of Picasso, age of Duchamp.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 --Influence.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 --Influence.


Artists--France--Biography.
Modernism (Art)
Art, Modern--20th century.


Electronic books.

ND553.P5 / W547 2013eb

709.2/2 B