{"product_id":"9783836543897","title":"Warhol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePop star: Soap boxes and celebrities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/b\u003e (1928–1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the \u003cb\u003e Pop Art \u003c\/b\u003e movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of \u003cb\u003econsumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a \u003cb\u003eradical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter\u003c\/b\u003e. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol \u003cb\u003ereconfigured the role of the artist\u003c\/b\u003e. Famously stating “I want to be a machine,” he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with \u003cb\u003emass-production methods and images\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed \u003cb\u003eThe Factory. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces Warhol’s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre which \u003cb\u003erevolutionized distinctions between “high” and “low” art\u003c\/b\u003e and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea concise biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eapproximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions\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":47035496071408,"sku":"9783836543897","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836543897_p0.jpg?v=1769887926","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836543897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}