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    Pop art is a movement that was started in the late 1900s in the United States. Pop art employs aspects of culture, like comic books. In the early times of pop art it was starting to be very popular because everyone wanted to dance. One of the famous person in pop art was Andy Warhol he used a lot of Video art and Postmodern art. Also pop art was started by four guys names of Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns. Pop art had logos and labeling it was chosen by

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    Pop Art was an art movement that originated in the 1950s but swept across the American media landscape in the 1960s. It suggests that art can be appreciated by all people, from the layman to the wealthy elite, and that education is not something that necessitates a respect or an interest in art. Instead, Pop Art, coined by British art critic Lawrence Alloway, which implies that the most common man can come to understand and appreciate art if the content and mode of creation was more familiar to

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    no reason why the artistic world can’t absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can’t we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images? (William S. Burroughs)” William Burroughs was an influential artist during the time pop art began and explained the art form best in his quote. Pop art vastly erupted in the 1960s and it introduced a fresh and expressive form of art the world hadn’t seen before. It was a new concept combining bright bursts of

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    Pop art is art based on modern popular culture and mass media. This was the art movement that began in the U.S. in the 1950s and reached its peak at 1960s. Pop art shows a challenge to traditions on fine art that includes imagery from popular culture. One of the artist of pop art is Andy Warhol he is an American artist who is a leading figure in a visual artwork movement that is called Pop Art. Andy Warhol was part of the gay community and he was an great inspiration to them. Andy Warhol’s real

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    Pop art is a special art movement which started in Britain in the 1950s,then later spread to the United States in the late 1950s. Early artists of the pop art era included Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton in Britain, then Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in the United States. Pop art included different kinds of imagery from popular everyday things we see. Things such as advertisements, newspaper, ads, and a lot more news related things. Pop art is used to get the people’s attention. Often

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    Does Pop Art form a critique of post-WWII society and culture or is it a celebration of high capitalism and consumption? Pop Art emerged in Britain in the late 50’s and the United States in the early 60’s.(Mamiya 1992) Pop Art is generally known today as a representation of celebrating popular culture and consumerism, however it’s background and origins are far more broad and extensive. There are many factors and influences that lead to the creation of the Pop Art movement such as adjusting to

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    Q1 & Q2 & Q3 The Pop art movement was a movement that begun in Britain and the United States amid the mid-to late 1950s. The movement threw fine art out the window and ushered a new era of art by including symbolism from popular cultures like advertising, comic books and cultural objects. Its principle point is to utilize ideas from well-known art cultures underlining one primary message regularly by the utilization of incongruity. This art movement is considered a reaction to the ideas of abstract

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    Andy Warhol was an icon. he is famous for his art. he was born 8-6-1928 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. he died 2-22-1978 in new york city, new york. he was a gay man. he became extremely famous because of his pop art. his studio ,The Factory, was a place where drag queens, playwrights, celebrities, distinguished intellectuals and wealthy patrons. he created pop art. he used music hand drawing. he is called the founding father of the pop art movement. he became the one of the most successful illustrators

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    Pop Art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950’s characterized by imagery from pop culture mostly on advertisements and news often using the sense of irony. This movement was more of a cultural revolution using vibrant colors and bold graphics to represent a statement and provide an instant meaning. It has a relation with the abstract expressionism, however it is clearer and has a comic book vibe. Pop art is not trying to confuse you and make you analyze its meaning, on the contrary, it wants

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    op Art Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and the late 1950s in the United States. Among the early artists that shaped the pop art movement were Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton in Britain, and Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in the United States. Possibly the most influential artist of the this time period was Andy Wharhole. Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. His works explore the relationship between artistic

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