Pop art

Time Period- mid 1950s - early 1970s

(Girl with Hair Ribbon by Roy Lichtenstein 1965)

5 key artists1.
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Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein
Claes Oldenburg
James Rosenquist
Richard Hamilton

5 key artistic styles1. incorporated iconic people or artifacts, like celebrities

2. A lot of post WWII media
3. Commercial art is how it generally started out
4. Very colorful
5. Kinda emotional and some dramatizing simple things
PhilosophyPop artists embraced the idea of thinking outside of the box after WWII and the economic
growth. The art from the pop artists seemingly has dry humor and promotes realism strongly.
They attempted to combine traditional arts with current media and pop culture elements to create
a different type of art and time century.
Citationshttp://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm

http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/pop-art