Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The front of an army; the van.
- noun A prefix of French origin, meaning before, fore. Also shortened to vant-, van-.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The front of an army. [Obs.] See
van .
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- noun obsolete The front of an army; the
vanguard .
Etymologies
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The term avant garde (literally advance guard or vanguard) refers to works that are experimental or innovative and pushes the boundaries of what is typically accepted as the status quo.
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And Uncle Tom's Cabin was seen by many, many people - some of whom were in what you call the avant-garde, and never thought of me as a black man who wanted to find a black voice - and the end of the piece had 52 naked people of every shape and size and color on stage, with my fully clothed, churchgoing mother amongst them, praising god.
Kris Wilton: Brainly And Statuesque: Interview With Choreography Legend Bill T. Jones Kris Wilton 2011
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And Uncle Tom's Cabin was seen by many, many people - some of whom were in what you call the avant-garde, and never thought of me as a black man who wanted to find a black voice - and the end of the piece had 52 naked people of every shape and size and color on stage, with my fully clothed, churchgoing mother amongst them, praising god.
Kris Wilton: Brainly And Statuesque: Interview With Choreography Legend Bill T. Jones Kris Wilton 2011
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They explain that "What Pound meant, however, when he used the term "modern experiment" or "ultra-modern" is best defined by the term avant-garde.
FEATURE ARTICLE: "THAT ALL OF US MAY WRITE BETTER" EILEEN 2009
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The year 1895 was also the time of the first Venice Biennial exhibition where new works of art in avant-garde and art nouveau styles were showcased.
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The photo is a scene from the much-neglected French movie “Alphaville,” which I would highly recommend to anyone interested in avant-garde cinema.
An exclusive interview with The Public Eye : Law is Cool 2009
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There, between 1912 and 1917, he was affiliated with the cubist school, then considered the ultimate in avant-garde artistic expression.
Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera 2008
john commented on the word avant
Someone on the forefront is in the avant-garde. When mocking someone who thinks they're ahead of the pack, you just call them "avant."
December 28, 2006