American Cultural Rebels: Avant-Garde and Bohemian Artists, Writers and Musicians from the 1850s Through the 1960s

by Roy Kotynek and John Cohassey

Artistic vanguards plot new aesthetic movements, print controversial magazines, hold provocative art shows, and stage experimental theatrical and musical performances. These revolutionaries have often helped create America's countercultural movements, from the early romantics and bohemians to the beatniks and hippies.

This work looks at how experimental art and the avant-garde artists' lifestyles have influenced, and at times transformed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078643709X
• ISBN13: 9780786437092
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher