Mel Ramos by Belinda Grace Gardner  (2)
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In 1961, Mel Ramos emerged on the international art scene along with Warhol, Liechtenstein, Oldenburg, Wesselmann, and Rosenquist as part of the second post-war American art movement to gain historical importance: pop art. More than 470 of Ramos' greatest paintings and drawings are reproduced in this comprehensive survey. Ramos is among the most vigorously American and most strikingly "pop" of all the pop art artists. Ramos' indentification with pop art began with his portraits of the great costumed heroes of pre-Code comics books. From Batman and others, Ramos went on to explore the world of the pinup and nudes derived from men's magazines, such as Playboy, Penthouse, and "girlie" calendars. His well-known series of nudes comment ironically on the picture of women projected by the mass media and consumer advertising, and at the same time wittily suggest its antecedents in the tradition of the nude in Western art.
In 1961, Mel Ramos emerged on the international art scene along with Warhol, Liechtenstein, Oldenburg, Wesselmann, and Rosenquist as part of the second post-war American art movement to gain historical importance: pop art. More than 470 of Ramos' greatest paintings and drawings are reproduced in this comprehensive survey. Ramos is among the most vigorously American and most strikingly "pop" of all the pop art artists. Ramos' indentification with pop art began with his portraits of the great costumed heroes of pre-Code comics books. From Batman and others, Ramos went on to explore the world of the pinup and nudes derived from men's magazines, such as Playboy, Penthouse, and "girlie" calendars. His well-known series of nudes comment ironically on the picture of women projected by the mass media and consumer advertising, and at the same time wittily suggest its antecedents in the tradition of the nude in Western art.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 31 books Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: traveling exhibition Key Phrases - CAPs: Private Collection, Pricatc Collection, Prisate Collection, Ness York, New York (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Independently in California, 3,000 miles from where Pop Art was taking shape in the hands of such artists as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Ramos came upon the comic strip character as subject matter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traveling exhibition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Private Collection, Pricatc Collection, Prisate Collection, Ness York, New York, Unfinished Painting, Meisel Gallery, Collection of the Southland Corp, Mciscl Gallcrc, Meisel Gallcrv New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Independently in California, 3,000 miles from where Pop Art was taking shape in the hands of such artists as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Ramos came upon the comic strip character as subject matter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traveling exhibition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Private Collection, Pricatc Collection, Prisate Collection, Ness York, New York, Unfinished Painting, Meisel Gallery, Collection of the Southland Corp, Mciscl Gallcrc, Meisel Gallcrv New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Pop Art (Art and Design Profiles) by England) Pop Art Symposium (1991 London on 6 pages
- Still Life by American Federation Of Art in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Pop Art by Marco Livingstone in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Beyond Modernism: Essays on Art from the 70s and 80s (Icon Editions) by Kim Levin in Back Matter
- Pop Art (Movements in Modern Art) by David McCarthy in Back Matter
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