Avant-garde (pronounced /?v?? g??d/ ) in French means "front guard", "advance guard", or "vanguard". ^[1] The term is commonly used in French, English, and German for people or works that are experimental or innovative , particularly in the areas of art , culture , and politics .

Avant-garde represents a going against what is accepted as the norm , especially in culture.

Avant-garde art movements [ change | change source ]

• Avant-garde music
• Bauhaus
• Conceptual art
• Cubism
• Dadaism
• Expressionism
• Impressionism
• Modern art
• Pop art
• Social realism
• Surrealism

Related pages [ change | change source ]

• Bohemianism
• Modernism
• Post-modernism

References and notes [ change | change source ]

1. ↑ "Avant-garde definitions" . Dictionary.com . Lexico Publishing Group, LLC . Retrieved 2007-03-14 .