Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
ready-made .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ready-mades.
Examples
-
Meanwhile, the window and vitrines pop with a combination of home- and ready-mades: tortes and dessert cups decked with berries and fruits, squares of chocolate bars and M&Ms. Most popular is the Espagnole, a hazelnut chocolate crème with a chocolate-chip cookie on top for good effect.
-
She was highly regarded by Gertrude Stein and knew many leading Modernist artists, including Picasso, Brâncuşi and Marcel Duchamp, whose "ready-mades" were a significant influence on her own later artworks.
The First Lady Of Futurism Helen Carr 2011
-
With the marshmallows and cereal both on sale & the already-purchased butter not counted, the pan we made was $.02 more than the box of ready-mades.
-
With the marshmallows and cereal both on sale & the already-purchased butter not counted, the pan we made was $.02 more than the box of ready-mades.
-
Like Duchamp's ready-mades, the ultimate importance of a work by Warhol is not who physically made each object, but the ideas it generates.
What Is an Andy Warhol? Dorment, Richard 2009
-
But it's much more beautiful than any ready-mades that Duchamp ever "created".
May 2006 2006
-
They were the least able to afford dressmakers and the most likely to continue to sew once ready-mades were prevalent.
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
-
A survey of department stores from 1911 to 1925 showed that until 1920, fabric sales kept pace with ready-made clothing, but after 1920, the ready-mades overtook fabric. 7 One businessman surveyed in the Middletown study recalled that in 1890, a fabric sale would clear ten bolts on the first day, whereas a similar sale in 1924 drew many fewer customers. 8
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
-
Native African Negroes are interested mainly in consuming ready-mades.
-
At the time of World War I, Duchamp tried to bury art with one quick landslide of "ready-mades," including a urinal presented as sculpture.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.