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The End of the American Avant Garde. American Social Experience Series.
Stuart D. Hobbs
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Description for The End of the American Avant Garde. American Social Experience Series.
Paperback. In this thought provoking work, 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. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
"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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814735398
SKU
V9780814735398
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About Stuart D. Hobbs
A historian with the Ohio Historical Society, Stuart D. Hobbs received his Ph.D. in American History from Ohio State University.
Reviews for The End of the American Avant Garde. American Social Experience Series.
A significant work for intellectual and cultural historians, this is a tight, . . . focused examination of an important aspect of recent American culture.
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Hobbs provides ample grounds for readers to ponder the interplay between particular movements in the arts and a larger American culture in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Hobbs provides ample grounds for readers to ponder the interplay between particular movements in the arts and a larger American culture in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
American Historical Review ... Read more