The Shock of the NewA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... avant - garde . As Hilton Kramer points out , the idea that the avant - garde and the bourgeoisie were natural , cut - throat enemies is one of the least useful myths of modernism : The relationship of the avant - garde to the middle ...
... avant - garde . As Hilton Kramer points out , the idea that the avant - garde and the bourgeoisie were natural , cut - throat enemies is one of the least useful myths of modernism : The relationship of the avant - garde to the middle ...
Page 371
... avant - garde since Courbet's time . On the face of it , it has a kind of logic . By changing the language of art , you affect the modes of thought ; and by changing thought , you change life . The history of the avant - garde up to ...
... avant - garde since Courbet's time . On the face of it , it has a kind of logic . By changing the language of art , you affect the modes of thought ; and by changing thought , you change life . The history of the avant - garde up to ...
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... avant - gardes wither in totalitarian régimes , whether of the Left or the ... garde art because it creates new élites . As Ortega y Gasset remarked , its ... avant - garde always tended to generate these élites , not necessarily out of ...
... avant - gardes wither in totalitarian régimes , whether of the Left or the ... garde art because it creates new élites . As Ortega y Gasset remarked , its ... avant - garde always tended to generate these élites , not necessarily out of ...
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