num_pages: 192
description: In the army, the advance guard is the first wave of soldiers who rush into enemy territory, risking their lives to map out the terrain. In the arts, the avant-garde consists of people who have devoted their talents, even their lives, to seeing the future and to confronting others with their visions. This intriguing introduction to modern art examines the avant-garde from its nineteenth-century origins in Paris to its meaning and influence today. It presents the visionaries who took the greatest risks, who saw the furthest, and who made the most challenging art-art that changed how we imagine our world. From cubism to pop art and beyond, this is the story not only of those risk takers, but of their creations and of the times in which they lived. Notes, bibliography, index.
language: English
title: Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde
titlecomplete: Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde
genres: Art History, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Clarion Books