a lesson in pop art
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A short lesson about the history of pop art and many examples to explain the techniques and themes seen in pop art. 2D pop art assignment on the end, geared towards middle to secondary education students.TRANSCRIPT
A Lesson in the American Artistic Movement;
By Aja Alim-Young
Pop Art
Pop Art n. A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.pop-art (pŏp'ärt') Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
What
When+ Where
How
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.
Who
Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein Claes Oldenburg
Robert Rauschenberg Tom Wesselmann
Andy Warhol“Campbell’s Soup”1968
Andy Warhol“Sixteen Jackies”1964
Roy Lichtenstein“Hopeless”1963
Roy Lichtenstein“Whaam!”
1963
Roy Lichtenstein“Brush Stroke”1996, enlarged and fabricated 2002-03
Tom Wesselmann "Smoker number 1 (Mouth number 12)" 1967
Tom Wesselmann“Still Life #24”1962
Robert Raushchenberg“Signs”1970
Claes Oldenburg“Spoonbridge and Cherry”
1985-1988
Claes Oldenburg“Dropped Cone”2001
Summary of Major Themes in Pop Art
Subjects are often easily recognizable and reflect popular items, people or ideas from American Culture:
Food Brand Names and products Iconic FiguresCommon, everyday household items Current events
Stylistically pop art can be defined as: Simple, crisp linesOversized images or objectsOften reflects and copies the styles seen in the mediaCollages of popular imagesBright Colors Some work re-creates the same subject in several pieces or within the same piece
2D Pop Art Assignment
Materials:Tracing PaperAcrylic PaintCanvas PaperInk pen8” x 10” photo from magazine or own photo
Objective: Create a portrait or still life using techniques and themes inspired from pop art:
Clean, sharp lines Bright Colors Close-up and oversized subjects Products or iconic figuresThought BubblesCollages: different images of same subject or same image repeatedEasily recognizable subjects
Works Cited:
Slide 2 - Definition of Pop Art: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pop ArtSlide 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/1Q2ih3zGukg/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-kennedy-1964.jpg
Works CitedSlide 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.jpgSlide 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.jpgSlide 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.htmSlide 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.pnghttp://www.melissaclifton.com/image158.html 2D Pop Art Assignment: Created by Aja Alim-Young