In what context did the notion of an avant-garde among artists first appear?

A. discussions by bourgeois members of the "café society" in Paris
B. alternative exhibitions of artists who had been rejected by the Salon
C. the writings of Karl Marx
D. in programs of French utopian socialists


Answer: D

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