Thread: What exactly IS the avant-garde?
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Old 05.07.2007, 02:17 PM   #9
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yes, the avant-garde proper died out around the 30s maybe with the surrealists.

the term however has stuck to accept broader connotations as cheeto implies, minus the political implications.

it is definitely a military term

vanguard/rearguard

vanguard in french is avant-garde.

but properly speaking, it's roughly between cubism and the 40's.

maybe starting with german expressionism actually... hm...
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