Definition of Avant-garde
Avant-garde
Av·ant·gar·de
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Unconventional and innovative in style or approach, especially in art or literature.
e.g. The avant-garde artist's latest sculpture was a thought-provoking commentary on modern society.
(noun)
the group of intellectuals, especially in an artistic field, who favor or introduce original and unusual ideas and experimental/innovative concepts, or the ideas and concepts thus introduced;
e.g. This technique was developed by the avant-garde of the sculpture world at the time
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