How useful is the term ‘avant-garde’ in explaining the development of art in Europe between 1900-1939? Between 1900-1939 there were many different movements in art mainly due to two reasons, modernisation and the First World War. The term ‘avant-garde’ does not have one single meaning and has become synonymous with the evolving modern movement of art. ‘Although ‘art for art’s sake’ is a term not often used positively today this modernist sense of the …showed first 75 words of 2859 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2859 total…of many of the movements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** BIBLIOGRAPHY - Art and its Histories – A Reader. - The Avant-Garde in Exhibition – Bruce Altshuler. - The popular culture of Modern Art – Jeffrey Weiss. - The Challenge of the Avant-Garde - edited by Paul Wood. - Avant-Garde Art - Jean-Luc Daval. - Art Speak, A guide to contemporary ideas, movements and buzzwords- Robert Atkins. - The Story of Art – E. Gombrich. - The Grove Dictionary of Art – Internet.