Warhol, Dr. Seuss and the Making of America

Thanks to Andy Warhol and Dr. Seuss's creative and much needed help, old American values were thrown out the window in the 1960s and new ones formed. Their art reinforced Americans skepticism of what had been widely accepted cultural values in the 1950s and the acceptance and formation of new ones in the 1960s. This book takes the reader on a colorful journey through their artwork on topics including war, civil rights, gender issues, consumerism, music and environmental conservation. Could it be that art will save American culture?

Warhol, Dr. Seuss and the Making of America brings to light the change art can make on culture and the physical look of the art and the intent and story behind it. This book takes the reader deep into the art and personal history of Andy Warhol and Dr. Seuss as well as the cultural movements in American 1950s and 1960s. To dive deeper into these famous artists and extract more information out of each of them is historially relevant. The plot of this book compares the art of two of Americas pop artists and the American cultural "updates" to replace an old world with a dramatically new one. Consumerism, war, civil rights, fame, leadership style, environmental conservation, crime and punishment, religion, gender issues, imagination, and music—these cultural values and issues have undergone remarkable changes which began in the 1950s and 1960s and their changes echo today in America. The artwork of Andy Warhol and Theodor Seuss Geisel reflect, and reinforced Americas move toward a growing skepticism of what had been widely accepted cultural values and meanings and acceptance of the formation of new ones.

Elizabeth Raney lives in Los Angeles and after her grandmother took her to the King Tut exhibit in 1978 her world opened up to art and culture beyond Southern California. She worked in New York at Christies Auction House, in San Francisco at SFMOMA, and most recently at MOCA in Los Angeles. She holds a PhD in Cultural Art History from Warnborough College in Ireland and is interested in bringing to light how art influences culture. Warhol, Dr. Seuss and the Making of America is her debut non-fiction book.