{"product_id":"art-for-all-art-history-hardcover-art-book","title":"Art for All: Art History Hardcover Art Book","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eFrom the anarchic brushwork of the Impressionists to the audacious spectacle of Pop Art, TASCHEN's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the definitive survey for anyone serious about understanding how modern art came to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eFive Movements. Five Revolutions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe volume takes as its subject five defining genres that collectively reshaped visual culture from the late 19th century well into the 20th, and whose influence continues to reverberate through contemporary fine art today. Each movement receives its own richly illustrated section, written by specialist authors and supported by more than 250 high-quality reproductions of iconic works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWe begin with \u003cstrong\u003eImpressionism\u003c\/strong\u003e, the movement that started it all. Under the visionary hands of Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the rigid conventions of academic painting were gently, then irrevocably, dismantled. Light became subject matter. The fleeting moment became worthy of serious artistic attention. Colour was liberated from its descriptive function and allowed, for the first time, to simply feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e502 pages 📖\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFrom there, the volume moves into the raw, visceral territory of \u003cstrong\u003eExpressionism\u003c\/strong\u003e, where Edvard Munch's famous scream still echoes across the pages. Here, Wassily Kandinsky and the artists of Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter distorted reality not out of technical failure but deliberate emotional intent, producing paintings of extraordinary psychological intensity that remain among the most powerful works in the Western canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eSurrealist\u003c\/strong\u003e chapter is, predictably, a delight. Salvador Dalí and René Magritte anchor a movement that refused all rational boundaries, plunging instead into the territory of dreams, the subconscious, and the gloriously irrational. As a cross-disciplinary force that reshaped fine art, literature, film, and fashion simultaneously, Surrealism deserves every page it receives here, and TASCHEN gives it full due.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDimensions: 16.99 x 3.8 x 24\u003cspan\u003e cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e📕\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbstract Expressionism\u003c\/strong\u003e charts the seismic shift of art world gravity from Europe to New York in the post-war years, with Jackson Pollock's gestural drip paintings and Mark Rothko's luminous colour fields establishing a new visual language for the 20th century. The writing here is particularly strong, capturing both the philosophical ambition of the movement and the fascinating, occasionally combustible personalities who drove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFinally, and gloriously, \u003cstrong\u003ePop Art\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives like a splash of primary colour across a monochrome page. Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, Tom Wesselmann: artists who looked at advertising, consumer culture, and the mass-produced image and decided that high art had nothing to fear from the supermarket shelf. Bold, irreverent, and enormously influential on contemporary art and visual culture alike, Pop Art remains one of the most immediately accessible movements in art history, and this volume captures its energy perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARTSNOB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57544246788427,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/8790\/4587\/files\/taschen-art-history-hardcover-book-van-gogh-cover.jpg?v=1781063567","url":"https:\/\/artsnob.co.uk\/products\/art-for-all-art-history-hardcover-art-book","provider":"ART SNOB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}