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{{Template}}'''''A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes''''' (1993) is an art history book by [[Richard Kostelanetz]] with a particular focus on avant-garde art covering artists, performers, movements, and styles from music, film, literature, the visual arts, dance, and theater. The two criteria for inclusion are aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability, plus art that is extreme, unique, distinct, coherent, witty, technological, and aesthetically resonant. {{Template}}'''''A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes''''' (1993) is an art history book by [[Richard Kostelanetz]] with a particular focus on avant-garde art covering artists, performers, movements, and styles from music, film, literature, the visual arts, dance, and theater. The two criteria for inclusion are aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability, plus art that is extreme, unique, distinct, coherent, witty, technological, and aesthetically resonant.
-From Booklist+In the words of the author, "this book was written not just to be consulted but to be read from beginning to end."
-In the words of the author, a prolific writer and student of avant-garde topics, "this book was written not just to be consulted but to be read from beginning to end." It draws upon his knowledge of literature, art, architecture, performing arts, movements, and esthetics. He is admittedly opinionated in his judgment of artists and their works. The artists included are mainly twentieth century, with no birth date earlier than Edward Lear's (1812). They include such well-known subjects as Muybridge, Bierce, and Stravinsky and such contemporary figures as environmental-artist Christo and performance-artist Laurie Anderson. The entries for Kinetic Art, Serial Music, Mixed-Means Theater, Zaum (poetry), SoHo, and Something Else Press create a rich image of a period.+
-Entries are alphabetically arranged, with dates and alternative names. The work is highly readable. One entry leads to another quite seamlessly through the use of asterisks placed after the mention of related entries (e.g., Slonimsky, Nicholas leads to Var{Š}ese, Edgard; Ives, Charles; Dada; and Constructivism). There are cross-references to appropriate headings, "Kovacs, Ernie see Television." Most entries include one or more references at the end, and the "Postface" includes a bibliography of 19 works consulted. The initials of nine scholars, authors, and critics appear on the entries they have contributed. Small black-and-white photographs add interest.+The artists included are mainly twentieth century, with no birth date earlier than [[Edward Lear]]'s (1812). Included are [[Muybridge]], [[Bierce]], and [[Stravinsky]], [[Christo]] [[Laurie Anderson]],
- +[[Eisenstein]], [[James Joyce]], [[Merce Cunningham]], [[Buckminster Fuller]], [[Mary Quant]], [[Allen Ginsberg]]. Topical entries include [[kinetic art]], [[serial music]], [[Zaum]] (poetry), [[SoHo]], and [[Something Else Press]]. Entries are alphabetically arranged, with dates and alternative names. There are cross-references to appropriate headings
-This work is shaped by names so familiar that, in some cases, they no longer seem avant-garde: Eisenstein in film, James Joyce in literature, Merce Cunningham in dance, Buckminster Fuller in architecture, Mary Quant in fashion, Allen Ginsberg in poetry. Some entries, such as Futurism (Russian), lead to numerous related entries that may be less familiar.+
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-This small volume, bringing together a wealth of information on esthetic innovation, will make avant-garde art more accessible to everyone and will be a welcome addition to art reference collections. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. +
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A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes (1993) is an art history book by Richard Kostelanetz with a particular focus on avant-garde art covering artists, performers, movements, and styles from music, film, literature, the visual arts, dance, and theater. The two criteria for inclusion are aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability, plus art that is extreme, unique, distinct, coherent, witty, technological, and aesthetically resonant.

In the words of the author, "this book was written not just to be consulted but to be read from beginning to end."

The artists included are mainly twentieth century, with no birth date earlier than Edward Lear's (1812). Included are Muybridge, Bierce, and Stravinsky, Christo Laurie Anderson, Eisenstein, James Joyce, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Mary Quant, Allen Ginsberg. Topical entries include kinetic art, serial music, Zaum (poetry), SoHo, and Something Else Press. Entries are alphabetically arranged, with dates and alternative names. There are cross-references to appropriate headings

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