Avant Garde: A Very Short Introduction Cottington David Professor of Art History Kingston University LondonPaperback
For over a hundred years, the idea of the avant-garde has been perhaps the most important and influential force in modern culture, ruling the critical assessment of the significance of an artist or a…
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For over a hundred years, the idea of the avant-garde has been perhaps the most important and influential force in modern culture, ruling the critical assessment of the significance of an artist or a work of art. If they have been judged to be avant-garde, then they are worthy of consideration. But very little attempt has been made to explore why the idea of 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.In this Very Short Introduction, art historian David Cottington illuminates the concept of the avant-garde, exploring its wider context through the development of western modernity, capitalist culture, and the global impact of both. Cottington looks at the relation between the avant-garde--that is, the social entity (the club)--and avant-garde qualities in a work of