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A Lesson in the American Artistic Movement; . Pop Art . Pop Art . n. A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration. pop-art ( pŏp'ärt '). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Lesson in the American Artistic Movement;
Pop Art
Pop Art n. A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.pop-art (pŏp'ärt') Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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A visual art movement that emerged in the 1950s and was popular in the 1960s in the United States.
Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as television, movies, advertising and comic books.
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 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.
Who
Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein Claes Oldenburg
Robert Rauschenberg Tom Wesselmann
Andy Warhol“Campbell’s Soup”1968
Andy Warhol“Sixteen Jackies”1964
Roy Lichtenstein“Hopeless”1963
Roy Lichtenstein“Whaam!”
1963
Roy Lichtenstein“Brush Stroke”1996, enlarged and fabricated 2002-03
Tom Wesselmann "Smoker number 1 (Mouth number 12)" 1967
Tom Wesselmann“Still Life #24”1962
Robert Raushchenberg“Signs”1970
Claes Oldenburg“Spoonbridge and Cherry”
1985-1988
Claes Oldenburg“Dropped Cone”2001
Summary of Major Themes in Pop Art
Subjects are often easily recognizable and reflect popular items, people or ideas from American Culture:
Food Brand Names and products Iconic FiguresCommon, everyday household items Current events
Stylistically pop art can be defined as: Simple, crisp linesOversized images or objectsOften reflects and copies the styles seen in the mediaCollages of popular imagesBright Colors Some work re-creates the same subject in several pieces or within the same piece
Everday Pop Art Assignment
Techniques:Tracing objects w/ pen toolFlat color
Objective: Create an Illustrator piece that follows themes inspired from pop art:
Clean, sharp lines Bright Colors Close-up and oversized subjects Products or iconic figuresThought BubblesEasily recognizable subjects