Robert Rauschenberg

by Robert Rauschenberg (Artist), Carolyn Lanchner (Contributor)

Robert Rauschenberg made a tremendous impact on Modern art in the twentieth century. As a pioneer of Pop art, he was a key figure in the postwar tradition that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene. This new volume in the MoMA Artist Series , which explores important artists and favorite works in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, guides readers through a dozen of the artist's most memorable achievements. A short and lively essay by Carolyn Lanchner, a former curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum, accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment in the development of Modern art and the artist's own life. This volume provides a unique overview of someone who shaped the development of American art since mid-century and is an excellent resource for readers interested in the stories behind the masterpieces of the Modern canon.

Genres: Art

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement.

Reviews

[Sharon Barrow Wilfong · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had not heard of Robert Rauschenberg before but I have become immensely interested in twentieth century art. This book analyzes ten of his important works and their contribution to post war modern art.

Rauschenberg helped set the stage for Pop Art and Conceptualism.

I liked the quality of the photography of this book, even though it is only about eight by seven inches tall and wide. I found the commentary a little too ephemeral. I either like a work or I don't. I actually could care less what the artist was trying to communicate and frankly, these works are so abstract, that you would need a guide book to tell you the artist's intentions and even then I wonder how much of it is guess work and how much is the artist laughing at the rest of us.