Art and Intention A Nude Descending a Staircase was such controversial among the public, many critics responded with such negative behavior because he added nude to the title. I guess when you add nude to the title people just suspect that you are talking about a nude body. I think people felt intimidated by his paintings, and felt he was making a mockery of the audience because no one was able to find any nude bodies in the painting, because Marcel Duchamp I feel had nothing to do with any form of nudist, it was all about motion. I think the public was more gazed upon the name rather than what the painting was about. Marcel Duchamp got these ideas from Etienne Jules Marey illustration of how he dictated movement; this is how motion pictures were invented. Just being able to understand what Marcel was talking about and his intent of bring the audience awareness to motion, made me better understand what he was talking about and where he is coming from. Just to look at the picture and read the title can give you mix feelings, because the first thing you look for is nudity in the picture. Michael Angelo sculptures David which is a master piece of renaissance art, was under much scrutiny by the people. This piece of art represented how David triumphed over Goliath and freedom from foreign and religious domination. Because the way the sculpture was made, with its genital exposed was a political mockery some thought, the supporters of Medici would throw stones at the sculpture, so they had to have guards to watch over it. Because of the nudity they placed a leaf over the genital area because it offended the public, but was later removed. His art teaches us the value of art and it’s beauty, and how important aesthetic issues still remains today in the public arena.
