{"product_id":"9783836523370","title":"Pop Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhaam! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhen the kitschy, banal, and mass-market became art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeaking in the 1960s, \u003cb\u003ePop Art \u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003ewhat constituted an artwork\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing in on issues of materialism, celebrity, and media, Pop Art drew on mass-market sources, from \u003cb\u003eadvertising imagery to comic books, from Hollywood's most famous faces to the packaging of consumer products\u003c\/b\u003e, the latter epitomized by Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup cans. As well as challenging the establishment with the elevation of such \u003cb\u003epopular, banal, and kitschy \u003c\/b\u003e images, Pop Art also deployed \u003cb\u003emethods of mass-production\u003c\/b\u003e, reducing the role of the singular artist with mechanized techniques such as screen printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith featured artists including \u003cb\u003eAndy Warhol, Allan Jones, Ed Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e Roy Lichtenstein,\u003c\/b\u003e this book introduces the full reach and influence of a defining modernist movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre series features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eapproximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea detailed illustrated introduction plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural, and social events that took place during that period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea selection of the most important works of the epoch, each presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as well as a portrait and brief biography of the artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037912088816,"sku":"9783836523370","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836523370_p0.jpg?v=1769887871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836523370","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}