Marcel Duchamp

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  1. Duchamp was unlike the cubists in that he did not focus on creating traditional representational art, instead embracing abstract and non-representational forms of expression. His paintings often featured simple lines,

geometric shapes, and repetitive motions that evoked movement rather than represent a specific figure or scene. He also used unconventional materials such as metal and wax to give his pieces an added dimension of texture and depth. 2. Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2 is composed of multiple layers depicting different aspects of the stairs themselves, ranging from the abstracted curved lines representing the stair’s curves to more realistic depictions such as railings or steps with riser heights marked off by squares. Additionally, there are shadowing elements which provide visual interest to further draw out motion in the piece overall. 3. The late 19th century saw Étienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge both engaged in chronophotography - taking photographs at high speed intervals so as to capture motion over time - which revolutionized how people understood motion itself visually speaking; giving graphic designers the tools necessary for them to indicate rapid body displacement within their compositions like never before seen before in history up until then (the 1890s). 4.The shift from wood in Nude Descending a Staircase No 2 to metal sculpture in Nude Descending a Staircase No 3 foreshadowed Duchamp's move away from painting altogether into sculptural works made mostly from found objects; something that would become one of his biggest legacies within modern art movements like Dadaism and Surrealism where found objects were embraced for their ability provide seemingly random meaning when combined together with other materials/objects through juxtaposition between abstraction and representation (or surrealism). 5.Duchamp’s last painting was called “Etant Donnes: 1° La Chute d'eau / 2° Le Gaz d'Eclairage” (Given: 1° The Waterfall / 2° The Illuminating Gas). It was inspired by a dream he had experienced where two figures stood alongside each other near waterfalls surrounded by gas lamps filled with fireflies lighting up the night air - elements that all appear throughout this artwork; including two wooden doors placed side by side covered with canvas resembling leaves painted onto it surrounded by secret compartments full of pebbles collected during his visits to Zone 5 along Paris's river Seine bank area as well as small glass bulbs representing luminescent fireflies hovering above it all while light slowly filters through its materiality hinting at some sort of grand mystery behind its depiction instead just imparting literal meaning alone into whatever viewers make out what they see upon looking upon it wholeheartedly allowing creative imaginations run wild freely without any boundaries set forth ahead beforehand heralding new open possibilities awaiting onlookers curious minds who dare goes beyond what meets their eyes outwardly first suddenly blossoming unexpectedly inside oneself inwardly revealing inner universes yet unknown only glimpses testified here merely suggested enticingly forever calling us back again soon enough inevitably willing beckoning ever onward still lingering timelessly long after we've gone away too metaphorically speaking praising life's greatest gift given being able absolute unbridled joy fully experience unfettered amidst chaotic beauty chaos ongoing around us everywhere constantly always eternally especially now momentously ceaselessly immortalized forevermore remains endlessly within timelessness eternal midst our hearts beating endlessly endlessly renewed afresh anew .