
"Octavio Paz claims in this ... work that the two painters who had the greatest influence on the twentieth century were Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. If that conjunction surprises at first, Paz makes a convincing case with his analysis and by contrasting the two artists. 'I have linked their two names,' he writes, 'because it seems to me that each of them has in his own way succeeded in defining our age: the former by what he affirms; the latter by what he negates, by his explorations.' Considering Duchamp's career and writings from his scandalous Nude Descending a Staircase in 1913 to his subsequent investigations, from his Large Glass and kinetic art to the Readymades and 'physiques amusantes' ('comic calculations'), Paz offers a highly personal assessment"--Back cove
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1914–1998
[Octavio Paz Lozano][1] (México, DF, 31 de marzo de 1914 - 19 de abril de 1998) fue un poeta, escritor, ensayista y diplomático mexicano, fue miembro de El Colegio Nacional y ganador del premio Nobel de Literatura (1990). Se le considera uno de los más grandes escritores del siglo XX y uno de los grandes poetas hispanos de todos los tiempos. Fue un escritor prolífico cuya obra abarcó varios géneros, entre los que sobresalieron textos poéticos, el ensayo y traducciones diversas. [1]: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavio_Paz
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