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This book gives a new analysis of the intersections between graffiti art and the work of Basquiat. Not only are there few existent writings on the subject, but the book will also appeal to a very large public.

Pop Art, an abbreviation of Popular Art, is a movement that found its origins in England in the 1950s but realised its full potential in New York in the 60s. The name referred to the interest of a number of artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925) and Jasper Johns (born 1930), in the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. Pop Art, led by the cult figure of Andy Warhol, was probably the most extraordinary innovation of 20th century art. It put art into everyday terms and so helped close the gap between "high art" and "low art." The British artist Richard Hamilton defined Pop Art as: "popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, glamorous, and Big Business." Richly documented and clearly structured, this book provides an overall view as well as a new and insightful perspective on Pop Art and the works of the artists who were at the forefront of this movement.

The unconventional movement of American Realism allowed artists to break free from the established traditions of art in America and enabled the birth of a true national artistic identity. Through detailed descriptions of both the strong personalities and the artistic exchanges marking this movement, Souter shows the reader how these artists radically altered the art of their time and forever impacted the history of art.

This book deals with the peoples and traditions of Siberia. It will interest a wide range of people as it is a book on art, sociology and history. Documents discovered recently in the hidden backrooms of St Petersburg s Ethnological Museum have proved to be of sensational importance. In this book, the contents of these documents are reinterpreted and published for the first time. The authors brilliantly convey their enthusiastic admiration for the peoples who have so successfully and for so long contended against both a hostile environment and political dominance.

Contents: Boyhood 1757-1771, Apprenticeship and Marriage, Lyrical Poems, Poland Street and the Early Prophecies, Lambeth, Blake's Ideas on Art, Felpham with Hayley, Milton and Jerusalem, London Once More, Disciples and Death, Blake and the Sublime.