{"id":646,"date":"2026-01-11T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/the-new-simplicity-reacting-against-the-complexity-of-the-post-war-avant-garde\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:03:39","slug":"the-new-simplicity-reacting-against-the-complexity-of-the-post-war-avant-garde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/the-new-simplicity-reacting-against-the-complexity-of-the-post-war-avant-garde\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Simplicity \u2013 Reacting against the complexity of the post-war avant-garde."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The New Simplicity \u2013 Reacting against the complexity of the post-war avant-garde<\/h2>\n<p>This article looks at the impact of post-war avant-garde art movements on modern society and suggests that a move towards simplicity is necessary in order to combat the current levels of complexity.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Critique of complexity:<\/p>\n<p>Many of the avant-garde movements, such as Dada and Surrealism, were known for their complex and sometimes incomprehensible works. In response, these artists have been pushing for a move towards a simpler approach. &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>A move towards simplicity is necessary in modern society, especially given the current levels of complexity. This article argues that a return to simpler works is needed in order to combat current levels of complexity.<\/p>\n<p>User<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Simplicity \u2013 Reacting against the complexity of the post-war avant-garde This article looks at the impact of post-war avant-garde art movements on modern society and suggests that a move towards simplicity is necessary in order to combat the current levels of complexity. Critique of complexity: Many of the avant-garde movements, such as Dada [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalcomposer.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}