"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... Read More
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"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.
Details
- Price: $107.00
- Pages: 242
- Carton Quantity: 26
- Publisher: NYU Press
- Imprint: NYU Press
- Publication Date: 1st February 1997
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9780814735381
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
ART / History / General
Reviews
"A significant work for intellectual and cultural historians, this is a tight, . . . focused examination of an important aspect of recent American culture."- Choice
"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
Author Bio
"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.
- Price: $107.00
- Pages: 242
- Carton Quantity: 26
- Publisher: NYU Press
- Imprint: NYU Press
- Publication Date: 1st February 1997
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9780814735381
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
ART / History / General
"A significant work for intellectual and cultural historians, this is a tight, . . . focused examination of an important aspect of recent American culture."– Choice
"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