单词	avant-garde
释义	avant-gardeav‧ant-garde /ˌævɒŋ ˈɡɑːd◂ $ ˌævɑːŋ ˈɡɑːrd◂/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINavant-garde Origin: 1900-2000 French ‘vanguard’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Although she likes avant-garde music, Lydia also plays classical guitar and piano. an exhibition of work by avant-garde artists and sculptors His paintings are rather too avant-garde for my tastes. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But another scholar speculates that the figure was carved by a reclusive, avant-garde sculptor. His vision was riveted to one vanishing point on a particular horizon, and that was the story of avant-garde art. I can teach, do my creative avant-garde work which I love, as well as dealing with clients and performing on stage. It is a moot point which of these avant-garde strategies has been the more effective. Olsson trained in the late 1970s at the University of Arizona, where she was part of the avant-garde Paradise Group. The 1900 Secession exhibition was significantly international, but still included only a minority of avant-garde paintings. The relativist paradigm of the twentieth century has determined the form of our avant-garde literature. West Berlin's theatres are often avant-garde and experimental; those in the east have tended towards more classical interpretations. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatormodern art/literature/music/fashion► modern modern art, literature, music etc uses styles that have been developed very recently and are deliberately different from traditional ones: · I like both modern dance and classical ballet.· Your work was my first route into an understanding of modern art. ► contemporary contemporary art, music, literature etc was produced or written recently: · Composers like Philip Glass have made contemporary music more popular.· I'm not very impressed by the works of many contemporary artists. ► the latest the latest fashion, style, design etc is the one that is the most modern and the most fashionable: the latest fashion: · She assured me that big sweaters were the latest fashion.the latest in something (=the most fashionable type of something): · They stock the latest in designer footwear. ► avant-garde avant-garde art, music, literature etc is extremely modern and often strange or hard to understand because it is very different from previous styles: · Although she likes avant-garde music, Lydia also plays classical guitar and piano.· His paintings are rather too avant-garde for my tastes.· an exhibition of work by avant-garde artists and sculptors WORD SETS► ARTS aesthete, nounagitprop, nounart gallery, nounartist, nounartwork, nounavant-garde, adjectivebaroque, adjectivecapture, verbceramics, nouncharacter, nounclassical, adjectiveclassicism, nouncompere, nouncontemporary, adjectiveconvention, nouncreative, adjectivecritical, adjectivecrossover, nouncubism, nouncultural, adjectiveculturally, adverbculture, nouncurator, nouncycle, noundrama, nouneisteddfod, nounepic, nouneponymous, adjectiveerotic, adjectiveerotica, nouneroticism, nounexhibit, verbexhibit, nounexhibition, nounexpress, verbexpression, nounexpressionism, nounextract, nounfictionalize, verbfigurine, nounfin de siècle, adjectiveflashback, nounformalism, nounfuturism, nounglaze, verbglaze, nounGothic, adjectivehandcrafted, adjectivehandicraft, nounhandmade, adjectivehigh priest, nounhistorical, adjectiveinterpretation, nounItalianate, adjectivelowbrow, adjectivemagnum opus, nounmarquetry, nounmasterpiece, nounmasterwork, nounmature, adjectivemedium, nounMFA, nounmiddlebrow, adjectiveminimalism, nounmotif, nounmuse, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounneoclassical, adjectivenotice, nounoeuvre, nounoffering, nounopening, adjectiveopus, nounpan, verbparody, nounpastiche, nounpattern, nounpiece, nounpop art, nounportfolio, nounpostmodernism, nounprequel, nounpreview, nounproduce, verbproduction, nounrealism, nounrealistic, adjectiverehash, verbreview, nounreview, verbromantic, nounromanticism, nounroyalty, nounrubbish, nounsalon, nounscenario, nounscene, nounsensuous, adjectivesentimental, adjectivesequel, nounsequence, nounset piece, nounsetting, nounShakespearean, adjectiveshowing, nounskit, nounstory, nounstudio, nounstylistic, adjectivesurrealism, nounswansong, nounsynopsis, nountitle, nountrilogy, nountwo-dimensional, adjectiveuncut, adjectiveunexpurgated, adjectivevillain, nounwork, nounwork of art, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► art · Cassirer's gallery exhibited avant-garde art as early as 1895.· His vision was riveted to one vanishing point on a particular horizon, and that was the story of avant-garde art.· In the lexicon of the avant-garde art world, Meurent could not have figured as an artist.· And in recent years, it has blossomed into an avant-garde arts center. ► culture · Contemporary art practice has found various uses for avant-garde culture.· An additional contradiction of avant-garde culture is its distant relationship to the masses.· As far as avant-garde culture is concerned, there is a built-in time-lag between critical reception and popular acceptance.· This is an important issue in relation to avant-garde culture. 1avant-garde music, literature etc is extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking:  an avant-garde play2the avant-garde the group of artists, writers etc who produce avant-garde books, paintings etc:  a member of the avant-garde
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