Pop Art

      Popular Art is the complete name for Pop Art. The Pop Art movement started in Britain around the 1950s. It reached the United Stated in the 1960s. It was one of the most artist movements of the twentieth century. Pop Art was aimed around the changes that occurred before World War II and the growing materialism in society.
      Pop Art was considered a counter-attack against Abstract Expressionism. It was a form of rebellion by turning common items and images into “art”. Pop Art portrays the elements of pop culture. It uses common everyday objects, images in advertising and television, comic strips, and famous icons. Art critic, Harold Rosenberg, once said that Pop Art was, “Like a joke without humour, told over and over again until it begins to sound like a threat...” (Get Pop Art). Pop Art represented a combination of humor, criticism, and irony, this put the movement into term of everyday life. It made fun of the seriousness of the art world and it got rid of the line between commercial arts and fine arts. Pop Art brought a wider audience than the art world has ever had before.
        Some of the most famous pop artists of their time were Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was known for using everyday objects along with famous icons. Some of his famous works included Campbell’s soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, and famous people such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Robert Rauschenberg was known for combining both painting and sculpture into one work of art. One of his famous pieces is Canyon, which he made in 1959. It is a painting with a bald eagle coming out of the canvas. Roy Lichtenstein was known for using a comic strip style in his paintings. One of his famous art works is Drowning Girl, which he made in 1963. Pop artists brought fine art into the mainstream of American culture.

Works Cited:

Biddington’s Pop Art Gallery. Pop Art. October 21, 2008.
http://www.biddingtons.com/content/pedigreepop.html

Charles Fazzino. Charles Fazzino and the History of Pop Art. October 21, 2008.
http://www.fazzino.com/pop-art-history-evolution.htm

Get Pop Art. Pop Art Movement. October 26, 2008.
http://www.getpopart.com/pop-art.html

Wikipedia. Andy Warhol. October 26, 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/andy_warhol

Wikipedia. Robert Rauschenberg. October 26, 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/robert_rauschenberg

World Wide Art Resources. Art History: Pop Art: (1958-1975). October 21, 2008.
http://wwar.com/masters/movements/pop_art.html