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Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of the artist, and of what constituted an artwork.
Focusing on issues of materialism, celebrity, and media, Pop Art drew on mass-market sources, from advertising imagery to comic books, from Hollywood’s most famous faces to the packaging of consumer products, the latter epitomized by Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup cans. As well as challenging the establishment with the elevation of such popular, banal, and kitschy images, Pop Art also deployed methods of mass-production, reducing the role of the individual artist with mechanized techniques such as screen printing.
With featured artists including Andy Warhol, Allen Jones, Ed Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein, this book introduces the full reach and influence of a defining modernist movement.
About the series
Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHENs Basic Genre series features:
approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
a detailed, illustrated introduction
a selection of the most important works of the epoch, each presented on a two-page spread with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as well as a portrait and brief biography of the artist
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Publisher : Taschen America Llc; Illustrated edition (December 9, 2015)
Language : English
Hardcover : 95 pages
ISBN-10 : 383652337X
ISBN-13 : 978-3836523370
Item Weight : 1.36 pounds
Dimensions : 8.27 x 0.55 x 10.24 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book visually appealing with nice graphics and coloring. They appreciate the informative content that provides background information and historical context. The book offers decent value for the price and feels expensive considering its low cost. Readers appreciate the glossy reproductions and great historical overview of the Pop Art movement.
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