That Degas sometimes pursued themes used by other artists in his circle does not mean that he was a victim of ‘the competitive impulse within the functioning of vanguardism.’
In reality, however, he may be little more than an adroit poseur who has successfully exploited the decadence of late modernist vanguardism to his own advantage.
There is no evidence that suggests rearguardism is any less dogmatic then vanguardism can be.
To the generation of artists emerging in the late 1950s, modernism had ostensibly played its last trump card, and vanguardism appeared to be doomed.
As tempting as vanguardism may be, it's not a solution, nor a substitute for mass action.
Definition of vanguardism in US English:
vanguardism
noun-ˌizəm
See vanguard
Example sentencesExamples
There is no evidence that suggests rearguardism is any less dogmatic then vanguardism can be.
In reality, however, he may be little more than an adroit poseur who has successfully exploited the decadence of late modernist vanguardism to his own advantage.
As tempting as vanguardism may be, it's not a solution, nor a substitute for mass action.
That Degas sometimes pursued themes used by other artists in his circle does not mean that he was a victim of ‘the competitive impulse within the functioning of vanguardism.’
To the generation of artists emerging in the late 1950s, modernism had ostensibly played its last trump card, and vanguardism appeared to be doomed.