What is the singular event that de Duve takes as a key work in this book?
Describe what de Duve means by the term “abandon” and how it is linked to the invention of the readymade.
What are some key ‘abandonments’ in the history of painting?
What does pictorial nominalism mean?
How did abstraction (obsession with ‘flatness’) emerge?
Describe the difference between retinal art and conceptual art.
Describe the different ideas Kandinsky and Duchamp had concerning color.
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