{"product_id":"lichtenstein-9783836532075","title":"Lichtenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican painter\u003cstrong\u003e Roy Lichtenstein\u003c\/strong\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 \u003cstrong\u003enew art vocabulary for a new era\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With his groundbreaking use of industrial production techniques and trivial, quotidian imagery such as \u003cstrong\u003ecartoons, comic strips, and advertising\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lichtenstein joined contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist to \u003cstrong\u003ereflect and satirize American mass media and consumer culture\u003c\/strong\u003e. Works such as \u003cem\u003eLook, Mickey! \u003c\/em\u003e(1961)\u003cem\u003e, Drowning Girl \u003c\/em\u003e(1963), and \u003cem\u003eWhaam! \u003c\/em\u003e(1963) deployed mass production techniques, particularly \u003cstrong\u003eBen-Day dots printing\u003c\/strong\u003e, to create a blow-up effect and \u003cstrong\u003epixelated \"dot\" style\u003c\/strong\u003e, with which Lichtenstein has become synonymous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This 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 \u003cstrong\u003eleading position in midcentury modernism, and the ways in which his works both critique and chronicle 20th-century America\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHendrickson, Janis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Janis Hendrickson studied art history at Smith College and gained her doctorate in Hamburg under Martin Warnke. She is presently a writer and curator.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625624670482,"sku":"9783836532075","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37b6a711-2f71-495a-9ae3-10da70c91a57.jpg?v=1732633806","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lichtenstein-9783836532075","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}