{"product_id":"jasper-johns-a-retrospective-9780870703928","title":"Jasper Johns: A Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasper Johnss art unites mastery  mystery  simplicity  and contradiction. His methodical working process combines intense deliberation and experimentation  obsessive craft  cycles of revision and repetition  and decisive shifts of direction. Johns also frequently borrows images from other artists  which  ironically  only underscores the originality of his own vision. His work occupies a key position in the art of the second half of the twentieth century. Jasper Johns: A Retrospective is the most complete and authoritative resource on it available  containing 264 color plates illustrating his paintings  drawings  sculptures  and prints. Accompanying essays review his essential themes  analyze his references to other artists  and explore how his contemporaries have  in turn  seen and absorbed his own work. The plates are arranged to follow the stages of his career  allowing comparison of paintings  drawings  sculptures  and prints from each period  as his style developed and changed. That comprehensive selection of reproductions is interwoven with an illustrated chronology tracing Johns life and work with unprecedented accuracy and thoroughness. With its scholarly essays and extensive bibliography  Jasper Johns: A Retrospective is the indispensable reference work on this crucial artist. This volume was originally published to accompany the major exhibition of Johns work held at The Museum of Modern Art in 1996 and 1997  his first full retrospective in 20 years. It has been out of print since 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279831392309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870703927","price":219.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870703928.jpg?v=1780612708","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jasper-johns-a-retrospective-9780870703928","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}