Study On Duchamp's Art Attitudes

Duchamp, this most disputed legendary figure in western contemporary art history, has long been taken as a hot research subject by art academic circles. Today, research of him goes a bit mysteries. Some remark he's a genius with born wisdoms, still others say he's a little snake lying on an art fruit basket and he's the devil who has destroyed all arts.Duchamp, a devil or a genius? With born talents or is accumulated in later lives? We can only draw an objective conclusion after a complete and objective study of his life as well as his art background, his art attitudes, and his works.This article tries to study Duchamp's art attitudes from the following three aspects:Duchamp's art attitudes. The author sums up his various attitudes towards art, and then tries to give objective analyses to them. The sources where Duchamp's art attitudes came from. By tracing the formation of his attitudes, the author tries to know the sources where Duchamp's art attitudes came from.The values of Duchamp's art attitudes. In this part, the author tries to summarize the values and significance originated from Duchamp's art attitudes.