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The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette β€” book cover

The Great American Pin-Up

by Charles G. Martignette, Louis K. Meisel
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Overview

This book tells the tale of a genre as utterly American as the paintings of Edward Hopper, describing its origins and development in detail and showcasing the most important artists. With over 900 illustrations, The Great American Pin-Up is one of the first comprehensive studies of the genre to appear anywhere.

Dieser Bildband erzahlt die Geschichte eines Genres, das so uramerikanisch ist wie die Bilder Edward Hoppers. Mit uber 900 Abbildungen ist The Great American Pin-Up eines der ersten umfassenden Bucher zur [angle quotation mark, left]Pin-up-Art[angle quotation mark, right] uberhaupt. Neben ausfuhrlichen Texten zur historischen Entwicklung werden hier die wichtigsten Vertreter dieser Kunstrichtung einzeln vorgestellt.

Ce volume retrace, dans des textes exhaustifs, l'histoire d'un genre artistique, aussi profondement americain que les tableaux d'Edward Hopper, et presente un a un ses principaux representants. Avec plus de 900 illustrations, The Great American Pin-Up constitue l'un des ouvrages les plus complets publies a ce jour sur le Pin-Up-Art.

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Book Details

Published
August 25, 2012
Publisher
Sterling
Pages
280
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781435142381

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