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2. • Emerged in
1950s
• Spread
throughout
the world
• Challenged
“Fine Art”
Drowning Girl by Roy
Lichtenstein, 1963
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3.  Late 1950s
 Inspired by popular
culture
 Linked to wealth and
prosperity
Blam, Roy Lichtenstein, 1962
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4.  Britain’s inspiration
was American
culture
 Spain associated
with “New
Figurative”
 Japanese enthused
by anime
 Came to Italy in 1964
Kaikaikik News by Takashi
Murakami
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5.  Reaction to
Abstract
Expressionism
 Eroded “high art”
and “low art”
 People understood
art better
Marilyn Monroe, 1967
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6.  All kinds of artists
 First meeting in
1952
 Challenged
modernists
I was a Rich Man’s
Plaything, Eduardo
Paolozzi, 1947
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7.  Recognizable
Imagery
 Popular Media and
Products
 Bright Colors
 Flat Imagery
 Celebrities or
Fictional Characters
Cola Billboard, John
Clem Clarke
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8. •Andy Warhol
• Roy
Lichtenstein
• Richard
Hamilton
• Claes
Oldenburg
• Jasper Johns
• Robert
Rauschenberg
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9.  First to use silk
screening
 Focused on
paintings of disasters
 Also painted things
he loved
 “If you want to know all
about me, just look at
the surface of my
paintings and me, and
there I am. There’s
nothing behind it.”
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12.  His style was focused
on comic strips
 He altered images
 Used Ben Day Dots
 Created sculptures,
portraits, and still
lifeworks
 Inspired by
surrealism, cubism,
and German
expressionism
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15.  Didn’t explain art
 His art pieces were
influenced by his
mom
 Some series were
named colors
 Key figure in the
transition
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18.  Famous for his
sculptures
 His first wife helped
him with his art
 Sculptures are out of
everyday
experiences
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