a lesson in the american artistic movement;

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

What

When+ Where

How

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