The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series
Stuart D. Hobbs"By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, "Truth is, there is no avant-garde today." How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture, and the institutional world of art.
Year:
2020
Publisher:
New York University Press
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0814744850
ISBN 13:
9780814744857
File:
PDF, 93.93 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2020