• The cover is split diagonally. The top left section is a drawing of a Mickey Mouse like character in a red t shirt. The bottom right section is pink. The title is in the centre in white capital letters.
  • A two page spread from inside the book of a painting of a petrol station in red and white with strong lines. It splits diagonally across the image with a black sky.
  • A two page spread from inside the book on pop art and politics. There is text across the pages and a drawing in the bottom left of Che Guevara.
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Pop Art (Art Essentials)

Pop Art (Art Essentials)

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With its bold colours, flashy imagery and ironic spirit, Pop Art trespasses the traditional boundaries separating high from low culture. Flavia Frigeri introduces us to a movement that focuses on everyday objects, from its beginnings in the post-war consumerism of America and Britain to its fascinating rise on a global scale in the 1960s. The work of well-known artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Hamilton and Peter Blake, is set in dialogue with that of Japanese Ushio Shinohara, Venezuelan Marisol and Argentinian Marta Minujín, among others.

Organized around key themes common to all Pop Art, including advertising, politics, the domestic realm, consumer goods, art history, celebrity culture, war and the space race, this is an essential introduction to the movement that transformed the ‘popular’ into art. A reference section includes a useful timeline, glossary of Pop terms and suggestions for further reading.


Small, smart, essential

For all those who enjoy art and want to find out more, Art Essentials are the perfect companions to give you all the background knowledge you need for your enjoyment and understanding, whether you're an avid gallery-goer, an armchair enthusiast or a curious observer.

 

Author: Flavia Frigeri

Format: Paperback

Size: 13.8 x 21.6 cm, 176 pages

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

ISBN: 9780500293584

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