Author : Richard Kostelanetz
Release : 2019-03-04
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 027/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of the American Avant-Gardes by : Richard Kostelanetz

Download or read book A Dictionary of the American Avant-Gardes written by Richard Kostelanetz. This book was released on 2019-03-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this American edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz has selected from the fuller third edition his entries on North Americans, including Canadians, Mexicans, and resident immigrants. Typically, he provides intelligence unavailable anywhere else, no less in print than online, about a wealth of subjects and individuals. Focused upon what is truly innovative and excellent, Kostelanetz also ranges widely with insight and surprise, including appreciations of artistic athletes such as Muhammad Ali and the Harlem Globetrotters, and such collective creations as Las Vegas and his native New York City. Continuing the traditions of cheeky high-style Dictionarysts, honoring Ambrose Bierce and Nicolas Slonimsky (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a "reference book" to be treasured not only in bits and chunks, but continuously as one of the ten books someone would take if they planned to be stranded on a desert isle.