Avant-garde

Japanese: アバンギャルド

〘 noun 〙 (avant-garde, military term meaning "avant-garde") 1. An art movement that arose in France and other countries around the First World War. It rejected existing artistic ideas and forms and sought to create innovative art. A general term for Cubism, Futurism, Abstract Art, Surrealism, etc. Avant-garde. * Kafu Essays (1927-28) <Nagai Kafu> responds to criticism by Masamune and Tanizaki, "standing in the so-called avant-garde of the new literary world." 2. A person who is active at the forefront of the art world. Avant-garde. * Second Burari Hyotan (1950) <Takada Tamotsu> Kinuyo's Courage "In concept, there was quite a lot of avant-garde."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (avant-garde 軍隊用語で「前衛」の意)① 第一次世界大戦頃から、フランスなどで起こった芸術運動。既成の芸術観念や形式を否定し、革新的芸術をつくり出そうとした。立体派、未来派、抽象画派、超現実派などの総称。前衛派。※荷風随筆（1927‐28）〈永井荷風〉正宗谷崎両氏の批評に答ふ「新文壇の所謂アヴァンガルドに立って」② 芸術の世界で先端的な活動をする人。前衛。※第２ブラリひょうたん（1950）〈高田保〉絹代の勇気「観念の上では随分とアヴァン・ギャルドがいて」

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