The phased movement of Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” (1912) and the frenetic action embodied in Futurism…
The phased movement of Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” (1912) and the frenetic action embodied in Futurism were both inspired by the 19th-century photography of scientist Étienne-Jules Marey. Revelations: Experiments in Photography at the Science Museum in London explores the influence on art of Marey’s work as well as other early scientific photography.
The Scientist Who Shot His Photos with a Gun and Inspired Futurism