The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (Duchamp)

"The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" (also known as "The Large Glass") by Marcel Duchamp is a complex, avant-garde artwork combining painting, sculpture, and mechanical elements. It depicts a surreal scene symbolizing desire and creation, featuring abstract figures and mechanical parts that suggest a tension between the spiritual and the physical. Duchamp used layers of glass, metal, and shifting textures to challenge traditional notions of art, emphasizing ideas over aesthetic beauty. The piece can be interpreted as exploring themes of longing, the act of creation, and the paradoxes of human desire, making it a pioneering work in conceptual art.