David Cottington (Kingston University Lon Professor of Art History

The Avant Garde: A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For over a hundred years 'the avant-garde' has been the most influential concept in modern art; its impact on the history of modern culture has been profound. In this Very Short Introduction, David Cottington explores why the avant-garde carries so much authority, and places it within the context of western modernity and capitalist culture.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9780199582730
• ISBN-10: 0199582734
• Artikelnr.: 36559810

Autorenporträt

David Cottington is Emeritus Professor of Art History at Kingston University London. He has published widely on the Cubist movement and the artistic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century, including Cubism in the Shadow of War: The Avant-Garde and Politics in Paris 1905-1914 (Yale UP, 1998), and Cubism and its Histories (Manchester University Press, 2004). His Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction was published in 2005. The Avant-Garde: A Very Short Introduction of 2013 was followed by his latest book, Radical Art and the Formation of the Avant-Garde, a history and theorisation of the avant-gardes early phases, published by Yale University Press in March 2022.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Origins: emergence and consolidation 1820-1914
2: Professionalisms and Politics Between the Wars
3: Consumerism and co-option
4: The Avant Garde and Revolution
Conclusion
Further reading