cubists presented a new reality in paintings that
depicted radically fragmented objects whose several
sides were shown simultaneously
– cubists showed that
the essence of objects can only be captured by
showing them from multiple points of view simul-
taneously
– in cubism the subject matter is
broken up analyzed and reassembled into an
abstracted form
– the cubists put together different
views of an object in ways you cannot actually see in
real life
– cubists fragmented objects into overlapping
planes of pigment
– cubists fragmented three
dimensional subjects and redefined them from
several different points of view
– cubists used
intersecting cubes cones and other geometric solids to
produce aesthetic sensations rather than a represent-
tation of nature
– cubism distrusts images perceived by
the retina & considers them artificial
– cubism seeks to
reproduce different perspectives or forms simul-
taneously as they might be seen by the mind's eye
A Nude Descending a Staircase
--After Marcel Duchamp and Gertrude Stein, even
A spiral staircase is descending
A figure on a staircase is descending
On a staircase descending is a nude
On a spiral staircase descending is a figure who is nude
A nude figure a figure who is is descending a staircase
Descending descending descending a staircase is a figure
The figure who is nude is on the spiral staircase descending
The spiral staircase that is descending is occupied by a figure
The staircase that is is descending with a nude descending
The descending staircase is being descended by a descending nude
The staircase that is descending that is spiraling is descending with a nude descending
The spiraling spiral that is descending is being descended by a nude figure
The nude spiraling the spiral that is descending is the figure on the staircase
The nude spiraling the spiral that is descending is the figure descending
The nude the figure the spiral the staircase the descending is neither male nor female
The male the nude the female descending the spiral spiraling staircase are spiraling
He she the figure descending the spiral spiraling staircase is spiraling descendingspiraling
The nude descending a staircase never finishes descending the staircase
The nude figure descending descending never finishes finishes descending
The figures descending descending never finishes descending the staircase descending
The spiral staircase that is being descended by the spiraling nude never ends spiraling
David B. McCoy is a Social Studies teacher in a township school near Massillon , Ohio , and founder of Spare Change Press (1979), which over the years has published magazines, flyers and chapbooks.
