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802Ready-mades  

BROADER CONCEPT

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  • A term devised by Marcel Duchamp to describe pre-existing mass-produced objects, selected at random, which were then accorded the status of artworks. Ready-mades differed from objets trouvés (found objects such as stones, shells, etc.) as the latter were chosen for their aesthetic beauty.

SOURCE

  • Clarke 2001
  • Πανεπιστήμιο της Οξφόρδης 1998
  • Ρηντ κ.ά. 1986

CONTRIBUTOR

  • Xiropaidis Georgios (ASFA)

CREATOR

  • Xiropaidis Georgios (ASFA)

NOTATION

  • 802

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