{"product_id":"basic-art-series-lichtenstein","title":"Basic Art Series Lichtenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMeet the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epioneer of Pop art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein this introduction to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoy Lichtenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose high-impact cartoon-based images exploded onto the art scene at the end of the 1950s and transformed the notion of fine art forever. Appropriating the form and content of mass media,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLichtenstein reveled in American consumer culture while elevating it for critique at the same time\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pop Star\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen art went Whaam!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eAmerican painter\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRoy Lichtenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1923–1997) pioneered a new epoch in American art, bursting onto a scene dominated by Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New York and defining a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enew art vocabulary for a new era\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his groundbreaking use of industrial production techniques and trivial, quotidian imagery such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecartoons, comic strips, and advertising\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lichtenstein joined contemporaries such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/andy-warhol\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/andy-warhol\/\"\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand James Rosenquist to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ereflect and satirize American mass media and consumer culture\u003c\/strong\u003e. Works such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook, Mickey!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1961)\u003cem\u003e, Drowning Girl\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1963), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhaam!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1963) deployed mass production techniques, particularly\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen-Day dots printing\u003c\/strong\u003e, to create a blow-up effect and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epixelated “dot” style\u003c\/strong\u003e, with which Lichtenstein has become synonymous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides an essential overview of Lichtenstein’s career, tracing his earliest Pop statements through to later “brushstroke” retorts to Abstract Expressionism and reinterpretations of modern masterpieces. We look at his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eleading position in midcentury modernism, and the ways in which his works both critique and chronicle 20th-century America\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJanis Hendrickson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estudied art history at Smith College and gained her doctorate in Hamburg under Martin Warnke. She is presently a writer and curator.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eLichtenstein\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e8.3\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10.2\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e1.38 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-edition\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--book-isbn\"\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e978-3-8365-3207-5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"edition-selection__single-edition\"\u003eEdition: English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798095135021,"sku":"9783836532075","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/SHOPIFYTaschenCovers_78d9d961-9180-4bbb-a3a6-5f58f98175d9.png?v=1773097345","url":"https:\/\/peepasgiftstore.com\/products\/basic-art-series-lichtenstein","provider":"Peepa's Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}