Alastair Sooke: 3 books
Roy Lichtenstein
How Modern Art Was Saved by Donald Duck
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
A Penguin Special on Roy Lichtenstein by Alastair Sooke - read in 2 hours or less
'Why, Brad darling, this painting is a masterpiece! My, soon you'll have all of New York clamoring for your work!'
Roy Lichtenstein - architect of Pop art, connoisseur of the comic strip, master of irony...
Henri Matisse
A Second Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century's greatest artists
'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.'
Diagnosed...
Pop Art
A Colourful History
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Pop Art by the BBC's Alastair Sooke - an essential but snappy new guide to our favourite art movement
Pop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with coke cans and comics. Today, in our age of selfies and social networking,...