Against the Avant-garde

Against the Avant-garde
Author: Ara H. Merjian
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020
Genre: Avant-garde
ISBN: 022665527X


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"This book casts the poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in a fresh light: his life and work in relation to the visual and performance arts of his time in both Europe and the US. Lavishly illustrated with both documentary and fine art images, it shows how essentially conservative Pasolini was politically and aesthetically despite his reputation as an avant-garde writer and filmmaker. But it also shows how truly advanced Pasolini was when it comes to interdisciplinary art, making him enormously relevant today"--


Against the Avant-garde
Language: en
Pages: 285
Authors: Ara H. Merjian
Categories: Avant-garde
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"This book casts the poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in a fresh light: his life and work in relation to the visual and performance arts of his time in bo
Brave New Avant Garde
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Marc James Leger
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-24 - Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

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Brave New Avant Garde is a collection of essays that ask the questions: what is an adequate model of contemporary avant garde practice and what are its theoreti
Art of the Avant-gardes
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Professor and Head of Art History Steve Edwards
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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02 This gorgeous book presents and discusses the oils, works on paper, and other artistic creations of William Holman Hunt, one of the three major artistic tale
Avant-garde Film
Language: en
Pages: 150
Authors: Michael O'Pray
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Wallflower Press

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Annotation Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefu
Provisional Avant-Gardes
Language: en
Pages: 371
Authors: Sophie Seita
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-23 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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What would it mean to be avant-garde today? Arguing against the notion that the avant-garde is dead or confined to historically "failed" movements, this book of