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2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AN AMAZING BOOK!
this book helped me to understand the meaning of avant-garde, and help push towards improving my knowledge of cultures which are unknown to many. if you want to spend that much money on a book then go ahead and get it, ASAP!
Published on July 23, 2000
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as accurate or complete as it could have been.
Sorry to say, this dictionary of the avant-garde has it's gaps, misinterpretations, and inaccuracies. It is quite valuable for the most part, but the aforementioned problems should be addressed before the next edition hits the racks. There is scant mention of free improvisation, Derek Bailey (and his many contemporaries), Paul Klee, Al Hansen (and many other valuable...
Published on February 27, 2005 by Tom Furgas
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as accurate or complete as it could have been.,
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This review is from: A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes (Paperback)
Sorry to say, this dictionary of the avant-garde has it's gaps, misinterpretations, and inaccuracies. It is quite valuable for the most part, but the aforementioned problems should be addressed before the next edition hits the racks. There is scant mention of free improvisation, Derek Bailey (and his many contemporaries), Paul Klee, Al Hansen (and many other valuable Fluxus artists indivudually) and much else, but there are referances to one-off a-g practitioners (such as that Republican apologist P.J. O'Rourke) and others. Weird...maybe RK was trying to use his dictionary to stir up debate, but that's not what dictionaries are fundamentally for, I think.
2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AN AMAZING BOOK!,
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This review is from: Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes (Hardcover)
this book helped me to understand the meaning of avant-garde, and help push towards improving my knowledge of cultures which are unknown to many. if you want to spend that much money on a book then go ahead and get it, ASAP!
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A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes by Richard Kostelanetz (Paperback - August 15, 2001)
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