Avant la lettre
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| [[Image:Bracelli.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Surrealism [[avant la lettre]] from the ''[[Bizzarie di varie figure]]'' ([[1624]]) by [[Giovanni Battista Braccelli]]]] | [[Image:Bracelli.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Surrealism [[avant la lettre]] from the ''[[Bizzarie di varie figure]]'' ([[1624]]) by [[Giovanni Battista Braccelli]]]] | ||
| [[Image:Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway]]'' ([[1844]]) by [[William Turner]], [[Impressionism]] ''[[avant la lettre]]'']] | [[Image:Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway]]'' ([[1844]]) by [[William Turner]], [[Impressionism]] ''[[avant la lettre]]'']] | ||
| + | [[Image:Detail from Superbia, 1577, Bruegel.jpg |thumb|right|200px|Detail of ''[[Superbia]]'' ([[1577]]) by [[Bruegel]], [[proto-science fiction]]]] | ||
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| '''Avant la lettre''' (Latin '''ante litteram''') is a [[French phrase]] used to describe something or someone seen as a [[precursor]] or [[forerunner]] of something (such as an artistic or political movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g. "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre"; the expression literally means ''before the letter'', i.e. "before it had a name". It is also called ahead of its time. | '''Avant la lettre''' (Latin '''ante litteram''') is a [[French phrase]] used to describe something or someone seen as a [[precursor]] or [[forerunner]] of something (such as an artistic or political movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g. "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre"; the expression literally means ''before the letter'', i.e. "before it had a name". It is also called ahead of its time. | ||
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Avant la lettre (Latin ante litteram) is a French phrase used to describe something or someone seen as a precursor or forerunner of something (such as an artistic or political movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g. "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre"; the expression literally means before the letter, i.e. "before it had a name". It is also called ahead of its time.
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