https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-Avant-Garde-System https://booksandideas.net/The-Avant-Garde-System 2017-02-16T08:00:00Z text/html en Pamela Bianchi Economy History modernity global history Institut français avant-garde art history <p>In a desire to write a total history, Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel proposes a novel sociocultural and transnational approach to the artistic avant-gardes. Beyond a mere history of styles, the avant-gardes appear in her book as genuine political and social events, caught in complex networks of influence.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Arthur-C-Danto-or-the-Duality-of-Worlds https://booksandideas.net/Arthur-C-Danto-or-the-Duality-of-Worlds 2016-09-05T07:00:00Z text/html en Laure Bordonaba Philosophy aesthetics Florence Gould Foundation avant-garde contemporary art Portraits <p>What distinguishes a blank canvas from an empty frame? A simple object from a readymade? What is this mysterious gap that art digs as it separates from life? Such are the questions posed by Arthur Danto, a major figure of contemporary art theory.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Challenging-Mainstream-Art https://booksandideas.net/Challenging-Mainstream-Art 2012-01-13T12:05:40Z text/html en Cristelle Terroni Arts United States of America art avant-garde art history <p>Towards the end of the 1960s the dematerialized forms of conceptual art transformed the modes of art production. The advent of art works which could be printed and reproduced in the pages of magazines changed the nature of these publications: artists' magazines thus became an alternative space for artistic production.</p>