Movimentos da Arte Moderna

Movements in Modern Art

by David McCarthy

Este novo volume da série Movimentos da Arte relata de maneira didática o desenvolvimento da arte pop desde suas raízes na irreverência do dadaísmo e do surrealismo até o seu reconhecimento público como uma forma de arte que celebrou o encantamento e o hedonismo no mundo ocidental recém-comercializado e que ao mesmo tempo reconheceu a sua superficialidade e a sua transitoriedade.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kachayet · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's interesting that the author tries to take a more nuanced approach to Pop Art, and he does an outstanding job at contextualizing and putting it in it's context in Art History... But the author's personal analysis feels unflattering and hypocritical.

At one point, the author condemns how male and straight dominated the movement was, then he says it was actually a very diverse movement, but then he'll be laser focusing on analysing just 2 artists out of this "diverse" movement to claim the movement was politically subversive.

But that part is rather short, and it's worth a read if you want to see Pop as a movement well versed in it's predecessors instead of a random sore thumb in art history.

[Max Oliveira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a really deep study on the movement, nonetheless a shallow argument. It manages to be very elucidative in a light read format. If you're thinking about reading it you should pretty well do it, it will be by no means a waste of time.

[Bandit · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very interesting and informative look at the Pop Art movement of the 60s, expounding not only on the famous artists and artworks of the genre, but also on the sociopolitic meaning of it. It is always fascinating to see how art represents life and vice versa, in this case particularly refelcting the culture of consumerism among other things. I was always a fan of pop art, but now I'm more of a well informed one. Recommended.

[Wilde Sky · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Pop Art of the 1960s is described in this book.

The majority of the issues and pictures contained within this book felt dated. Of the sixty images reproduced I found roughly ten still had the power to make me want to examine them.

[Nancy P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're somewhat familiar with Pop Art this is not going to seem revolutionary. However it is a nice, comprehensive, short guide to Pop Art.