Avant-garde

Avant-garde (pronounced /ɑvɑ̃ gɑʁd/) in French means "front guard", "advance guard", or "vanguard".^[1] The term is commonly used in French, English, and German for people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly in the areas of art, culture, and politics.

Avant-garde represents a going against what is accepted as the norm, especially in culture.

• Avant-garde music
• Bauhaus
• Conceptual art
• Cubism
• Dadaism
• Expressionism
• Impressionism
• Modern art
• Pop art
• Social realism
• Surrealism

• Bohemianism
• Modernism
• Post-modernism

1. ↑ "Avant-garde definitions". Dictionary.com. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. Retrieved 2007-03-14.