pop art

1. POP ART
Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in
the 1950’s and w as popular in the 1960’s in the
United States. I t characterized by themes and
techniques drawn from popular mass culture,
such as television, movies, advertising and comic
books. And also food was a common theme, but
so were household objects. Pop artists liked to
satirize or ridicule objects, sometimes enlarging
those objects to gigantic proportions. These
Figure Figure 1 Roy Lichtenstein 3 Andy Warhol
objects reflected mass culture and
consumerism. The movement was
marked by clear lines, sharp paintwork
and clear representations of symbols,
objects and people commonly found
in popular culture. Andy Warhol, Roy
Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert
Rauschenberg, and Tom Wesselmann
are artists of pop art.
Figure 2 Robert Rauschenberg
Figure 4Andy Warhol
Campbell's soup
Figure 8 Andy Warhol Sixteen
Jackies
Figure 5 Roy Lichtenstein Whaam
Figure 6 Roy Lichtenstein
Hopeless
Figure 7 Tom
Wesselmann smoke
no 1
Figure 9 Robert
Rauschenberg signs
Figure 10 Claes
Oldenburg dropped
cone