The end of the American avant garde /

""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 conserv...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hobbs, Stuart D. (Stuart Dale), 1961- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, 1997.
Collection:American social experience series ; 37.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > United States > History > 20th century.
ART > History > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Intellectual life.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
United States.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:""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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xii, 230 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
ISBN:9780814744857
0814744850

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