Pop Art Flashcards
What is Pop Art?
An art movement that started in the late 1950s in America and Britain, celebrating popular culture and consumerism.
Pop Art is known for its accessibility and immediate connection to modern life.
What do Pop artists seek to achieve?
They aim to elevate pop culture to the level of fine art by celebrating commonplace objects and everyday life.
This movement reflects trends in society.
Why is Pop Art recognizable?
It incorporates commercial images and celebrates consumer culture.
This has contributed to its status as one of the most recognizable styles of modern art.
Who is Andy Warhol?
An American artist and pioneer of the Pop Art movement, known for his commercial illustration background and silk screening methods.
Warhol was influenced by consumer products, Hollywood, and celebrities.
What techniques did Andy Warhol use in his art?
Silk screening methods.
This technique allowed for mass production of his artworks.
Who is Roy Lichtenstein?
An American Pop artist known for his parody artworks inspired by household goods, comic strips, and cartoons.
Lichtenstein’s work contributed significantly to the Pop Art movement.
What is the Ben-Day dots technique?
A painting technique used by Roy Lichtenstein characterized by dots, thick lines, bright colors, and speech bubbles.
This style is a hallmark of Lichtenstein’s artworks.
List the steps to create Pop Art.
- Find pop art images
- Take out two clean plain white A4 pages
- Free hand draw your pop art images on one page
- Use oil pastels to color on the other page
- Place the first page on top of the second page with images facing up
- Secure the two pages together
- Trace over the free hand images pressing down hard
- Turn over the page to reveal your colorful pop art design
These steps provide a basic guide for making Pop Art.
Fill in the blank: Pop Art is also known as _______.
[popular art]
True or False: Pop Art started in the early 1950s.
False
Pop Art began in the late 1950s.
What influences did Andy Warhol have in his work?
- Consumer products
- Hollywood
- Celebrities
These influences are reflected in his iconic artworks.
