Pop Art

Art Essentials

by Flavia Frigeri

This new installment in the Art Essentials series is an indispensable guide for anyone fascinated by the pop art movement.  Pop Art refers to a post-war movement connecting art with popular culture. Billboard signs, comic books, and movie stars were just some of the subjects chosen by pop artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg, to name a few, to illustrate the contemporary world in which they lived. Largely characterized by bold and strident colors combined with a cool-eyed appropriation of contemporary imagery, pop art sought to highlight both the negative and positive facets of modern culture. The newest installment in the Art Essentials series explores this phenomenon, which had its roots in post-war British and American consumerism before spreading and capturing the imagination of young artists. After establishing the origins of the form, the book delves into subjects like the role of stardom and glamor in pop art and how pop art vocabulary grew to include political figures and even war imagery. As written by Flavia Frigeri, an authority on the subject, this book is an essential guide for anyone fascinated by the pop art movement.  89 illustrations

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

Published September 25, 2018

About the author

Dr. Flavia Frigeri is an Art Historian and Curator, currently Teaching Fellow in the History of Art department at University College London. Prior to that she served as a Curator, International Art (2014-16) and Assistant Curator (2011-14) at Tate Modern, where she worked on exhibitions, acquisitions and permanent collection displays.
She holds a PhD from UCL, an MA in Art History from University of Chicago and a BA in Art History from John Cabot University, Rome. She has published articles and catalogue essays on a range of subjects including, post-war European art with a focus on Italian art, pop art and exhibition histories.

Reviews

[Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable book and look through of pop arts most influential paintings of the 20th century.

[Sanemsrgz · Rating 5 out of 5]

C’était un vrai chef-d’œuvre. La façon dont le livre est écrit et présenté était super. C’est un bon livre pour les débutants mais aussi pour les plus avancés.

[Marcos Dosantos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Estupendo y pedagógico viaje por el mundo del Pop Art. Un libro imprescindible para los escritorios de quienes bebemos de esta corriente.

[Mats · Rating 4 out of 5]

Много интересной ифнормации

[David Dâng]

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[Belz · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute, introductory book

[Arizona · Rating 4 out of 5]

-Libro de arte. Explica muchisimas nociones basicas, artistas y obras sobre el Pop Art.
-facil de leer y de consultar

[Emilie]

I’ve always been drawn to pop art, but this book helped me see that Pop Art isn’t just about bold colors or recognizable images—it’s also deeply tied to consumer culture, media influence, and a sense of irony. A couple pieces that really stood out to me were *Weihnachten (1967)* by Christa Dichgans criticizing consumer habits by depicting mountains of discarded toys. I also liked *Vacuum Cleaner* by a Spanish artist, Eulalia Grau—a commentary on the conservative restrictions placed on women by the military dictatorship in Spain at the time.