Avant-garde (French pronunciation:[avɑ̃ɡaʁd]) is
French for "vanguard".[1] The term is commonly used in French, English, and German to refer to people or works that are
experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to
art and
culture.
Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the
norm or the
status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of
modernism, as distinct from
postmodernism. Postmodernism posits that the age of the constant pushing of boundaries is no longer with us and that avant-garde has little to no applicability in the age of
Postmodern art.
Brakhage, Stan. Film at Wit's End – Essays on American Independent Filmmakers. (Edinburgh, Polygon. 1989)
Brakhage, Stan. Essential Brakhage – Selected Writings on Filmmaking. (New York, McPherson. 2001)
Cage, John. 1961. Silence: Lectures and Writings. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Unaltered reprints: Wesleyan University press, 1966 (pbk), 1967 (cloth), 1973 (pbk ["First Wesleyan paperback edition"]), 1975 (unknown binding); Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971; London: Calder & Boyars, 1968, 1971, 1973
ISBN0-7145-0526-9 (cloth)
ISBN0-7145-1043-2 (pbk). London: Marion Boyars, 1986, 1999
ISBN0-7145-1043-2 (pbk); [n.p.]: Reprint Services Corporation, 1988 (cloth)
ISBN99911-780-1-5 [In particular the essays "Experimental Music", pp. 7–12, and "Experimental Music: Doctrine", pp. 13–17.]
Cope, David. 1997. Techniques of the Contemporary Composer. New York, New York: Schirmer Books.
ISBN0-02-864737-8.
Curtis, David. Experimental Cinema – A Fifty Year Evolution. (London. Studio Vista. 1971)
Curtis, David (ed.) A Directory of British Film and Video Artists (Arts Council, 1999).
Dixon, Wheeler Winston, The Exploding Eye: A Re-Visionary History of 1960s American Experimental Cinema. (Albany, New York. State University of New York Press, 1997)
Dixon, Wheeler Winston and
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (eds.) Experimental Cinema – The Film Reader, (London: Routledge, 2002)
Jachec, Nancy. The Philosophy and Politics of Abstract Expressionism 1940–1960 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2000
ISBN0-521-65154-9
Mauceri, Frank X. 1997. "From Experimental Music to Musical Experiment". Perspectives of New Music 35, no. 1 (Winter): 187–204.
Meyer, Leonard B. 1994. Music, the Arts, and Ideas: Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture. 2nd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
ISBN0-226-52143-5
Nicholls, David. 1998. "Avant-garde and Experimental Music." In Cambridge History of American Music. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN0-521-45429-8
Avant-garde (French pronunciation:[avɑ̃ɡaʁd]) is
French for "vanguard".[1] The term is commonly used in French, English, and German to refer to people or works that are
experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to
art and
culture.
Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the
norm or the
status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of
modernism, as distinct from
postmodernism. Postmodernism posits that the age of the constant pushing of boundaries is no longer with us and that avant-garde has little to no applicability in the age of
Postmodern art.
Brakhage, Stan. Film at Wit's End – Essays on American Independent Filmmakers. (Edinburgh, Polygon. 1989)
Brakhage, Stan. Essential Brakhage – Selected Writings on Filmmaking. (New York, McPherson. 2001)
Cage, John. 1961. Silence: Lectures and Writings. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Unaltered reprints: Wesleyan University press, 1966 (pbk), 1967 (cloth), 1973 (pbk ["First Wesleyan paperback edition"]), 1975 (unknown binding); Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971; London: Calder & Boyars, 1968, 1971, 1973
ISBN0-7145-0526-9 (cloth)
ISBN0-7145-1043-2 (pbk). London: Marion Boyars, 1986, 1999
ISBN0-7145-1043-2 (pbk); [n.p.]: Reprint Services Corporation, 1988 (cloth)
ISBN99911-780-1-5 [In particular the essays "Experimental Music", pp. 7–12, and "Experimental Music: Doctrine", pp. 13–17.]
Cope, David. 1997. Techniques of the Contemporary Composer. New York, New York: Schirmer Books.
ISBN0-02-864737-8.
Curtis, David. Experimental Cinema – A Fifty Year Evolution. (London. Studio Vista. 1971)
Curtis, David (ed.) A Directory of British Film and Video Artists (Arts Council, 1999).
Dixon, Wheeler Winston, The Exploding Eye: A Re-Visionary History of 1960s American Experimental Cinema. (Albany, New York. State University of New York Press, 1997)
Dixon, Wheeler Winston and
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (eds.) Experimental Cinema – The Film Reader, (London: Routledge, 2002)
Jachec, Nancy. The Philosophy and Politics of Abstract Expressionism 1940–1960 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2000
ISBN0-521-65154-9
Mauceri, Frank X. 1997. "From Experimental Music to Musical Experiment". Perspectives of New Music 35, no. 1 (Winter): 187–204.
Meyer, Leonard B. 1994. Music, the Arts, and Ideas: Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture. 2nd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
ISBN0-226-52143-5
Nicholls, David. 1998. "Avant-garde and Experimental Music." In Cambridge History of American Music. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN0-521-45429-8