Pop art
Originating in England in the mid 1950s, Pop Art developed its full potential in the USA in the 1960s. It substitutes the everyday for the splendid mass-produced articles are assigned the same importance as one-offs the difference between high culture and popular culture is swept away. Media and adv...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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London
Taschen
2004
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Summary: | Originating in England in the mid 1950s, Pop Art developed its full potential in the USA in the 1960s. It substitutes the everyday for the splendid mass-produced articles are assigned the same importance as one-offs the difference between high culture and popular culture is swept away. Media and advertising are among the preferred contents of Pop Art, which celebrates the consumer society in its own witty fashion. The enthusiasm generated by Pop Art since the first works were exhibited has never died down -- it is greater today than ever before --P. [4] of cover. |
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Physical Description: | 95 pages illustrations (some col.), ports 23 cm |
ISBN: | 9783822822180 3822822183 9783822822166 3822822167 |