ART 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bicycle Wheel, Vladimir Tatlin, Marcel Duchamp
Document Summary
Relief on the arc de triamphe, paris. Horizontal axis separating soldiers from winged figure. Symbol of victory: one figure pointing up with the other looking up. Viewers given illusion as if they can move around the sculpture even though they are standing still. Action in relationship between top and bottom. Single ideal viewpoint: symmetry and balance with existing omniscient knowledge. Intense method of damning the flow of historical sequential time. Space in the work is very concealed. Same figure made out of the same cast. Neoclassical sculptor tried finding the ideal viewpoint. One can know an object from a single perspective. Relatable to our bones that are covered with flesh. First example of a found object becoming art because the artist chose it. Refusing to deliver a 1 direction linear meaning. Arrangement: materials are polished bronze and wood. Looks like it"s falling off of itself. Each side of sculpture has a new point of view (the kiss)
