American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) pioneered nový epoch в American Art, bursting on a scene dominated Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New York and definition new art vocabulary for new era.
При его архитектурном использовании industrial production techniques and trivial, quotidian imagery such as cartoons, comic strips, and advertising, Lichtenstein joined contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist к рефлекторной и тире Американской массы media и consumer culture. Works such as Look, Mickey! (1961), Drowning Girl (1963), and Whaam! (1963) разработали массы производства технологий, особенно Ben-Day dots printing, чтобы создать узорный эффект и pixelated “dot” style, с которым Lichtenstein has become synonymous.
Эта kniha provides essential overview of Lichtenstein’s career, tracing его earliest Pop statements через короткий “брюшстрок” retorts to Abstract Expressionism and reinterpretations of modern masterpieces. We look at his leading position in midcentury modernism, and the ways in which his works both critique and chronicle 20th-century America.
About the series
Борный back в 1985, основное художественное серия был evolved в лучшие коллекции коллекции коллекции. Все книги в TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:
a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
a concise biography
approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions