POP ART!POP art is a visual artistic movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and the United States. Pop art, like pop music

aimed to employ images of popular culture in art such as advertisements, comic books, celebrities and more!

Still Life #30 by Tom Wesselmann, 1963 Oil and synthetic paint, with collage of printed ads, plastic flowers, stamped metal, etc.

Still Life with Apples and Grapes by Claude Monet, 1880 Oil Paint

What Are the Key Characteristics of Pop Art?

Recognizable imagery, drawn from popular media and products.

Usually very bright colors.

Flat imagery influenced by comic booksand newspaper photographs.

Images of celebrities or fictional characters in comic books, advertisements and fan magazines.

In sculpture, an innovative use of media.

American Pop Art:Andy Warhol understood shopping and he also understood the allure of celebrity. Together these Post-World War II obsessions drove the economy. From malls and to People Magazine, Warhol captured an authentic American aesthetic: packaging products and people. It was an insightful observation. Public display ruled and everyone wanted his/her own fifteen minutes of fame.

Of equal importance to American pop art is

Roy Lichtenstein.

Selecting the old-fashioned comic strip as subject matter, Lichtenstein produces a hard-edged, precise composition..His works narrate and can be humorous glimpses of a comic strip.

Pop art merges popular and mass culture with fine art, while injecting humor, irony, and recognizable imagery and content into

the mix.

Lichtenstein’s work features thick outlines, bold colors and Ben-Day dots.

Lichtenstein based many of his early paintings on imagery he found in comic books.

He used comic books’ dramatic emotions and words the characters expressed, but also manually included Ben-day dots in reproducing the images.

• Benday dots• Regularized stripes used for tone• Comical talk and thought bubbles• Black outlines• Bold, flat color• Simple compositions that are related to

the consumer culture…the POP culture

What would be considered “Pop” in today’s culture?Do you think this style of art is still relevant?

What is going to be your art project’s story?

Other takes on Lichtenstein….

FOR YOUR PROJECT…You will be making your own Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art Self Portrait

• We will be discussing value, and you will be using a light table or the windows to trace different values of your photo.

• Sketching and planning out a smaller comic strip with your Self Portrait as your last “block” of the story

• Using Lichtenstein’s style, use black out lines, bold, flat colors, Ben-Day dots and POP CULTURE ideas for your portrait.

• This will be worth 100 points and will be a formal grade.

Fulfills Assignment: Participates in class discussion about Pop Art. Completes a comic strip illustration with final block being the larger Self Portrait in the style of Lichtenstein. Uses bold, flat colors in marker and incorporates Ben-Day dots and text.0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Creativity and Originality: How original, daring, and inventive is work? Is your story well thought our and creative and original? Did you use inspiration from Pop Art and Roy Lichtenstein? 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Elements and Principles: Were the elements and principles of art used to make the visual elements work well (value, pattern, color, repetition)? Did you show an understanding of art techniques? 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Effort and Craftsmanship: Is the work neat, clean, organized and presented well, and done with effort and care? Did you take your time in creating the comic strip and self portrait?0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Work Habits: Did you stay on task, pay attention to presentations, participate in discussion? Was the student cooperative? Did the student act appropriately and provide appropriate feedback? Was the student respectful of supplies, materials, space, and others?0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20