Ebook: Roy Lichtenstein: how modern art was saved by Donald Duck
Author: Lichtenstein Roy, Sooke Alastair
- Tags: Art & Design Styles: Pop Art, ART--History--Contemporary (1945- ), Artists, Artists--United States, History Of Art--Art & Design Styles, Pop art, Pop art--United States, Criticism interpretation etc., Lichtenstein Roy -- 1923-1997, Lichtenstein Roy -- 1923-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation, Pop art -- United States, Artists -- United States, ART -- History -- Contemporary (1945- ), History Of Art -- Art & Design Styles, United States
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- City: United States
- Language: English
- epub
A Penguin Special on Roy Lichtenstein by Alastair Sooke - read in 2 hours or less
'Why, Brad darling, this painting is a masterpiece! My, soon you'll have all of New York clamoring for your work!'
Roy Lichtenstein - architect of Pop art, connoisseur of the comic strip, master of irony and prophet of popular culture.
From exhilarating images of ice-cool jet pilots in dog fights, to blue-haired Barbie dolls drowning in scenes of domestic heartache, Lichtenstein's instantly recognisable paintings, with their Ben-Day dots and witty one-liners, defined the art of a generation. But how did a jobbing, unassuming painter of the Fifties become a world-famous Pop artist whose work today sells for millions? What do his paintings really tell us? And what is his legacy?
This book, by art critic and broadcaster Alastair Sooke, is a perfect introduction to the artist and his work. Spanning Lichtenstein's career, and explaining his...