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Avant Garde

The document defines the term "Avant-Garde" as originating from the French word for "vanguard" and refers historically to artists whose work was significantly ahead of others in style, theme, technique or application. While "Avant-Garde" describes innovative artistic approaches, it does not define what makes one work better quality than another or who determines this. The document also provides an example of Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Night Café" as demonstrating Avant-Garde techniques through its use of vivid colors and distorted forms to convey emotion.

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Avant Garde

The document defines the term "Avant-Garde" as originating from the French word for "vanguard" and refers historically to artists whose work was significantly ahead of others in style, theme, technique or application. While "Avant-Garde" describes innovative artistic approaches, it does not define what makes one work better quality than another or who determines this. The document also provides an example of Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Night Café" as demonstrating Avant-Garde techniques through its use of vivid colors and distorted forms to convey emotion.

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Avant-Garde

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Avant-Garde

Kasten (2018) informs that the term, Avant-Garde, is of France origin and was coined

from the (French) word, Vanguard. In ancient times, Avant-Garde was used to refer to a group of

artists, an artist or style of art that was significantly ahead of others in terms of style, thematic

content, technique, or applications. It is worth noting that the term neither defines who

determines whether an artist's work is of better quality than that of other artists or not nor does it

explain what makes up a better art or being ahead of others. Quite simply, Avant-Garde entails

applying new or more elaborates artistic approaches as well as involves practicing new methods

to generate better arts. According to Riccioni (2019), the term stresses the talent of producing

well-designed arts and not on producing these works by accident since an artist can be Avant-

Garde by accident. In a nutshell, better art involves various things including but not limited to

pleasing aesthetics, having more meaning, and being vividly colored.

An art from chapter 13

The art, Night Café (illustration number 13-11), by Vincent Von is a perfect example of

Avant-Garde. In art, the artist explores various ways in which different colors and distorted

forms can be used to reveal emotions. The different color thickness, shapes of objects, and the

directions of some paintings in the art match with the brushstroke style used. Other than showing

the interior view of the café, Von uses vivid colors on the roof, wall, and floor to create different

emotions. For instance, the section leading towards the door has thick colors and many lines to

lead the viewer to the outside world. Better put, the artist demonstrates how this technique

alongside different color intensity can be used to create pleasant scenes and more meaning in art.
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References

Kasten, C. (2018). Avant-garde art and criticism in Francoist Spain.

Riccioni, I. (2019). Futurism: Anticipating Postmodernism: A Sociological Essay: on Avant-Garde Art and

Society. Mimesis.

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