Pop Art Patriotic Lesson
Quick synopsis of Pop art
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The word "POP" is short for popular.
By creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars, the Pop art movement aimed to blur the boundaries between "high" art and "low" culture.
President Elect by James Rosenquist.
President Elect by James Rosenquist.
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What makes something popular?
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the majority of Pop artists
began their careers in graphic design
Andy Warhol was an highly successful magazine illustrator and graphic designer; Ed Ruscha was also a graphic designer, and James Rosenquist started his career as a billboard painter.
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There is no hierarchy of culture...(Pop)art may borrow from any source.
The concept that there is no hierarchy of culture and that art may borrow from any source has been one of the most influential characteristics of Pop art.
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Pop art's years of influence were from the mid 1950's to the early 1970's.
Andy Warhol
Pop art is now most associated with the work of New York artists of the early 1960s such as:
Andy Warhol,
Roy Lichtenstein,
James Rosenquist,
and Claes Oldenburg.
Andy Warhol,
Roy Lichtenstein,
James Rosenquist,
and Claes Oldenburg.
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Robert Indiana's sculpture in NYC
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CLAES OLDENBURG
He is best known for his floppy sculptures and larger-than-life public works of consumer goods and everyday objects.
This Swedish-American artist and architect was an early figure in New York happenings and Pop art, and is best known for his floppy sculptures and larger-than-life public works of consumer goods, musical instruments, and everyday objects.
Jasper Johns
loved to change popular symbols into paintings.
Through his use of shreds of newspaper, found objects, and even mass-produced goods like Ballantine Ale and Savarin Coffee cans, Jasper Johns erased the division between fine art and mass culture. A key signature of Pop art.
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Untitled Slide
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Peter Max
Posters of the 60's
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Untitled Slide
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Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art.
Jasper Johns Flag
- Draw rectangle in upper left corner of paper. This will be where the stars go, leave it blank for now.
- Fill outside the rectangle with warm colors- RED, ORANGE, YELLOW
- Use white paint to add the stripes.
- Paint Rectangle Blue
- Go back with white and add stars
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