Lichtenstein

by Janis Hendrickson

Book Overview

American painter Roy Lichtenstein (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 new art vocabulary for a new era.

With his groundbreaking use of industrial production techniques and trivial, quotidian imagery such as cartoons, comic strips, and advertising, Lichtenstein joined contemporaries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836532077
• ISBN13: 9783836532075
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Pretty Nice Little Book

This is book is part of Taschen's "Basic Art" series, and is a nice overview of Lichtenstein with some really nice images of his paintings

Pop at its best

This book is the catalogue for an exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2006. It studies Lichtenstein's work chronologically and dividing it by themes (women, interiors, early paintings...). The reproductions are very good and even show the paintings in their current frame (an unusual step which I think gives an extra dimension to the works). A very interesting book, easy to read, on an artist that changed the way we look at art.

Superb illustrations, intelligent text!

Taschen triumphs again with a beautifully produced overview of Lichtenstein's entire career, with excellent reproductions of his major works and some less wellknown pieces. Essential.