n.

A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration. pop-art (pp'rt')
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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.

Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein

Claes Oldenburg

Robert Rauschenberg

Tom Wesselmann

Andy Warhol Campbells Soup 1968

Andy Warhol Sixteen Jackies 1964

Roy Lichtenstein Whaam! 1963

Roy Lichtenstein Hopeless 1963

Roy Lichtenstein Brush Stroke 1996, enlarged and fabricated 2002-03

Tom Wesselmann Still Life #24 1962

Tom Wesselmann "Smoker number 1 (Mouth number 12)" 1967

Robert Raushchenberg Signs 1970

Claes Oldenburg Spoonbridge and Cherry 1985-1988

Claes Oldenburg Dropped Cone 2001

Subjects are often easily recognizable and reflect popular items, people or ideas from American Culture:
Food Brand Names and products Iconic Figures Common, everyday household items Current events

Stylistically pop art can be defined as:

Simple, crisp lines Oversized images or objects Often reflects and copies the styles seen in the media Collages of popular images Bright Colors Some work re-creates the same subject in several pieces or within the same piece

Works Cited:

Slide 2 - Definition of Pop Art: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pop Art Slide 3- Information About Pop Art History: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/ Slide 4- Photo of Andy Warhol: http://www.poolparty.com/quotes/images/2007/09/24/andy_warhol.jpg Photo of Roy Lichtenstein: http://media.photobucket.com/image/Roy%20Lichtenstein%20portrait/tomasu tpen/album4/lichtenstein.jpg Photo of Claes Oldenburg: http://s3.amazonaws.com/com.artwelove.asset/5f19ce303a0be2aa6ab3395d7dabbf f4-l.jpg Photo of Tom Wesselmann: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KZujt_O1vU/SdybvAXCCPI/AAAAAAAAAGM/1Q2ih3zGuk g/s400/Tom_Wesselmann.jpg Slide 5- Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Painting: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mplog/Art/Warhol_campbells%20soup.jpg Andy Warhol Jackie Painting: http://annespeelman.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/andywarhol-jackie-kennedy1964.jpg

Works Cited Slide 6- Roy Lichtenstein Girl Painting: http://baroqueinhackney.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/roy_lichtenstein_gallery _4.jpg Roy Lichtenstein Whaam Painting: http://simplyartonline.net/M-0137v3wham.jpg Slide 7- Photos of Roy Lichtenstein Sculpture: photo by Aja Alim-Young 2009, In front of Modern Art Museum in Washington D.C. Slide 8- Tom Wesselmann Mouth Piece: http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2004/356/10164756_110373764570.jpg Tom Wesselmann Still life: http://media.photobucket.com/image/tom%20wesselmann/Death2Perky/24- l.jpg Slide 9- Robert Raushchenberg Painting: http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/images/rausch.jpg Slide 10- Spoon and cherry Sculpture: http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/spoonbridge.htm Ice Cream Cone Sculpture: http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/droppedcone.htm Slide 11- Summary of key ideas by Aja Alim-Young, referred by http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/ Slide12- Line Art Examples: http://www.staceytownsend.com/turnmeintopopart/images/home_quadimage.png http://www.melissaclifton.com/image158.html 2D Pop Art Assignment: Created by Aja Alim-Young