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| − | '''Pop Art''' is a style of visual art. It featured the use of elements from popular culture. Famous examples included Andy Warhol's [[painting]]s of cans of Campbell's Soup, Roy Liechtenstein's paintings that resembled printed comic strips, magnified to reveal their Benday halftone tints as a striking pattern of dots. | + | '''Pop Art''' is a style of visual art. It featured the use of elements from [[pop culture|popular culture]]. Famous examples included Andy Warhol's [[painting]]s of cans of Campbell's Soup, Roy Liechtenstein's paintings that resembled printed comic strips, magnified to reveal their [[Benday]] halftone tints as a striking pattern of dots. |
Well-known American artists in the genre included [[Jasper Johns]], [[Andy Warhol]], and [[Roy Liechtenstein]]. | Well-known American artists in the genre included [[Jasper Johns]], [[Andy Warhol]], and [[Roy Liechtenstein]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:49, January 28, 2009
Pop Art is a style of visual art. It featured the use of elements from popular culture. Famous examples included Andy Warhol's paintings of cans of Campbell's Soup, Roy Liechtenstein's paintings that resembled printed comic strips, magnified to reveal their Benday halftone tints as a striking pattern of dots.
Well-known American artists in the genre included Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Roy Liechtenstein.