What is pop art ?

 Pop art is based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values. The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects.

Mass media means technology that is intended to reach a mass audience. It is the primary means of communication used to reach the vast majority of the general public. The most common platforms for mass media are newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet.

What is Mass Media ?

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when and where was pop art created ?

Pop Art began in the 1950s, but became very popular in the 1960s. It started in the United Kingdom, but became a true art movement in New York City. It emerged in Britain in mid 1950s and in US in the late 1950s.

famous pop artists

1. Roy Lichtenstien

Roy Lichtenstien was born in New york in 1923. He became famous for his bright and bold paintings of comic strip cartoons as well as his paintings of day to day objects. Although best known for painting, he also made different types of art like sculpting, murals, prints and ceramics.

some of his famous artworks are.....