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The Avant Garde: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, New)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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'The avant-garde' is perhaps the most important and influential
concept in the history of modern culture. For over a hundred years
it has governed critical and historical assessment of the quality
and significance of an artist or a work of art, in any medium-if
these have been judged to be 'avant-garde', then they have been
worthy of consideration. If not, then by and large they have not,
and neither critics nor historians have paid them much attention.
In short, modern art is and has been whatever the 'avant-garde' has
made, or has said it is. But very little attempt has been made to
explore why 'the avant-garde' carries so much authority, or how it
came to do so. What is more, the term remains a difficult one to
define, and is often used in a variety of ways. What is the
relation between 'the avant-garde' - that is, the social entity
(the 'club') - and 'avant-garde' qualities in a work of art (or
design, or architecture, or any other cultural product)? What does
'avant-gardism mean? Moreover, now that contemporary art seems to
have broken all taboos and is at the centre of a billion-pound art
market, is there still an 'avant-garde'? If so, what is the point
of it and who are the artists concerned? In this Very Short
Introduction, David Cottington explores the concept of the
'avant-garde' and examines its wider context through the
development of western modernity, capitalist culture, and the
global impact of both. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds
of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books
are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our
expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and
enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly
readable.
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