{"product_id":"pop-art-9783836523370","title":"Pop Art","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeaking in the 1960s, \u003cstrong\u003ePop Art \u003c\/strong\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 \u003cstrong\u003ewhat constituted an artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on issues of materialism, celebrity, and media, Pop Art drew on mass-market sources, from \u003cstrong\u003eadvertising imagery to comic books, from Hollywood's most famous faces to the packaging of consumer products\u003c\/strong\u003e, the latter epitomized by Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup cans. As well as challenging the establishment with the elevation of such \u003cstrong\u003epopular, banal, and kitschy \u003c\/strong\u003eimages, Pop Art also deployed \u003cstrong\u003emethods of mass-production\u003c\/strong\u003e, reducing the role of the individual artist with mechanized techniques such as screen printing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With featured artists including \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol, Allen Jones, Ed Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e Roy Lichtenstein, \u003c\/strong\u003e this book introduces the full reach and influence of a defining modernist movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonnef, Klaus:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Klaus Honnef was honorary professor of photography theory at the Kassel Art Academy. He was one of the organizers of documenta 5 and documenta 6 in Kassel, and has been the curator of more than 500 exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He has written numerous books, including TASCHEN's Contemporary Art, Andy Warhol, and Pop Art.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598388433170,"sku":"9783836523370","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bdeafc89-7e79-45c7-90ce-939b8a6808ff.jpg?v=1732183816","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pop-art-9783836523370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}