A dictionary of the avant-gardes

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A dictionary of the avant-gardes

by Richard Kostelanetz ; with contributions from H.R. Brittain ... [et al.] ; senior editor, researcher, and bibliographer, Douglas Puchowski ; assistant editor, Gregory Brender

Routledge, 2001

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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A dictionary of the avant-gardes : music, film, visual arts, dance, theater

Dictionary of the avant-gardes

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"Originally published in 2000 by Schirmer Books, an imprint of the Gale Group" -- t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-690) amd indexes

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Description

A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes recognizes that change is a driving force in all the arts. It covers major trends in music, dance, theater, film, visual art, sculpture, and performance art--as well as architecture, science, and culture.

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. 1. The Dictionary 2. Postface 3. Contributors 4. The Principal Authors 5. Index of Names 6. Subject Index. Selected Entries: Laurie Anderson, Ambient Music, Samuel Beckett, The Beatles, John Cage, Conceptual Art, Willem De Kooning, Disneyland/Disneyworld, T.S. Eliot, Earth Art, Henry Ford, Found Poetry, Allen Ginsberg, Guerrilla Girls, Jimi Hendrix, Happenings, Eugene Ionesco, Internet Art, James Joyce, Jazz, On Kawara, Kinetic Art, Wyndham Lewis, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Robert Mapplethorpe, MTV, Vladamir Mabokov, The National Endowment for the Arts, Joyce Carol Oates, Outsider Art, Jackson Pollock, Pop Art, Mark Rothko, Rap, Gertrude Stein, Sampling, Twyla Tharp, Television, Ansy Warhol, Warner brothers Cartoons

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