Language:
English
Pages:
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Ars Judaica : the Bar-Ilan journal of Jewish art
Publ. der Quelle:
Ramat-Gan
Angaben zur Quelle:
3 (2007), Seite 53 - 72
Abstract:
"Avant-garde oeuvre" implies certain dualities. On the one hand, it attempts to present a new vision of the totality of the world, a rational proposal for the "reconstruction of the world." On the other hand, it might imply refined symbolist play, full of direct, and especially hidden, references and quotations. Furthermore, the avant-garde oeuvre is intended to speak universally; yet, it contains diverse national, nationalistic, and even chauvinistic traits (the latter flourished during and immediately after World War I), which internally contradict its universalism from within [...]
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