I still love, Duchamp - Nude Descending a Staircase

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I always thought that "Nude, Descending a Staircase" was just a name made up for a joke in a Calvin and Hobbes strip. I never knew it was an actual painting.

well, some pretty much said it was a joke, at the time. Maybe nothing has changed?

I think "The Cramps" did an off shot on this too, I'm vague and don't wanna look right now. but youtube if you care to track anything down.

I've always loved it!

I know, at least I think I do, did anyone ask if it was a female or male? I have always assume it was female, and even more so, I just watched my lady, *accend the stairs", I enjoyed the motion in a way I never did.

Art in motion, a capture of a thought. Something you should think about, but might not, had it been captured.

It is the simple things that matter. I didn't understand the beatuy of a flower in bloom. Still don't to a big degree, but I can now see the concept. My god the lips on a well bloomed female? I ask you, is it not the flower itself? Poets have talked about in hidden verse for a long time, and here I sit, dense as hell. I wish I had another life time, just to see what I didn't this time around. Human condition, oh well. She's hot stuff walking up the stairs in the nude, in her own way, and I don't need Duchamp to say that, but still..... you need to smell the roses and take a moment, to know you did.

Interesting idea.

Fixed it for ya.

That's exactly what I thought about when I read the thread title. Although I guessed that it was probably some famous work of art I had never seen.

I'd like to be able to say, what is a Calvin and Hobbes? I can't, but can't say I know much more of it then what has been said. Just sayin.

This is Calvin and Hobbes.


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Has the painting and/or title gone over my head, or is it just a thing to look at that some may like and others 'eh' at?

The great thing about art is that each individual experiences a piece of artwork in their own way, so there is really no right or wrong interpretation. But if you want a good academic explanation about why art movements (Impressionists, Surrealists, Dadaists, etc.) are important and what made painters like Monet, Rosseau, Duchamp and others greats, I recommend a book by Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell .

If I read anymore I would take a good look at that, thanks.

I read in gulps, net shorts, anymore, and no more long things. Sad but true. I haven't been able to read a book in many many years. So glad I ate books when I was younger.

Sad on that hand but not so sad, I have formed opinions on art and what it means to me. I know what I like. Sometimes I have to look at it more then once, to see a different point of view. Like listening to Hendrix play, for the very first time, and now, I'm not sure I don't hear all music differently.