Pop Art emerged in the 1950s-1960s and was influenced by Dadaism in its use of everyday imagery from mass media and consumer culture as artistic subject matter. Key artists included Andy Warhol, who produced iconic works depicting celebrities like Marilyn Monroe; Roy Lichtenstein, known for his comic book-inspired pieces; and Jasper Johns, whose flags and numbers works employed commonplace imagery. Richard Hamilton defined Pop Art as embracing popular, transient, and mass-produced themes that reflected commercialization and consumerism.

1. Pop Art 1950’s-1960’s

2. Andy Warhol Prominent Artists of the Pop Art movement Roy Lichtenstein RichardHamilton Jasper Johns

3. Pop Art is a direct descendant of Dadaism in the way it mocks the established art world by appropriating images from the street, the supermarket, the mass media, and presents it as art in itself. Artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg took familiar objects such as flags and beer bottles as subjects for their paintings, while British artist Richard Hamilton used magazine imagery. The latter's definition of Pop Art - "popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, and Big Business" - stressed its everyday, commonplace values.

4. Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, Self Portrait , 1986

5. Roy lichtensein Stepping Out, 1978 1970 Girl with hair ribbon

6. Roy Hamilton collage, 1956 Instant art 1980

7. Jasper Johns Numbers in Color, 1958-59’ Flag. 1954-55

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