Pop Art

Art history's most important movements and genres


Pop artists of the 1960s, heralded by the Great Andy Warhol, commented on everything from mainstream media to consumer society to advertising to product packaging with colorful and often comical works. Pop Art`s profound influence on contemporary art and culture remains prominent today. Nowhere else can you find so much Pop Art in such a compact, stylish book!

Featured artists include:
Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Allan Jones, Allan d'Arcangelo, Wayne Thiebaud, Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Phillips, George Segal, Ed Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, David Hockney, Jim Dine, and Red Grooms

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:
  • a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period
  • a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations


The author:
Klaus Honnef is 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 (1988), Andy Warhol (1989), and Pop Art (2004).

Pop Art

Pop Art

Klaus Honnef
Softcover, flaps, 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages, $ 9.99
ISBN 978-3-8228-2218-0
Edition: English
Availability: In Stock
  • Reviews
"Accessible and well-balanced language partners stunning artwork to explore, explain and showcase." The Good Book Guide, London, United Kingdom
  • See also
Lichtenstein
TASCHEN 25 Lichtenstein
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Comic genius. One of the most important exponents of Pop Art
Pop Art
TASCHEN 25 Pop Art
Hardcover, 9.4 x 11.8 in., 240 pages, $ 14.99

Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein
Softcover, flaps, 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages, $ 9.99

Transforming products of mass consumption and the entertainment industry into subjects for art.