Mona Lisa to Marge How the World's Greatest Artworks Entered Popular Culture |
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| Author:
| Bonazzoli, Francesca
Robecchi, Michele |
| Preface by:
| Cattelan, Maurizio |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7913-4877-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co KG.
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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This highly entertaining exploration of art, history, and commerce reveals how 30 masterpieces made the journey from image to icon. Generously illustrated, this book features the original artworks as well as the cartoons, ads, book and album covers, and everyday objects they inspired and will open readers' eyes to the artistic images that have become universal touchstones--and the fascinating stories of how and why they got there.
This highly entertaining exploration of art, history, and commerce reveals how 30 masterpieces made the journey from image to icon. Generously illustrated, this book features the original artworks as well as the cartoons, ads, book and album covers, and everyday objects they inspired and will open readers' eyes to the artistic images that have become universal touchstones--and the fascinating stories of how and why they got there.