In pop art what does the movement represent?

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In pop art what does the movement represent?

for year nine art homework

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Roy Lichtenstein defined pop art as:'the use of commercial art as the subject matter in painting' -he must be counted, together with Andy Warhol, who was raiding graphic and mass- media sources about the same time and more or less independently, as one of its leading protagonists. We could in fact state that Pop Art took everyday icons of the era and turned them into an art form.
We could divide it up into the following categories:
Mass produced Art: Andy Warhol, using his silk screen printing techniques
Painting: Roy Lichtenstein, Large scale cells from comic strips.
Sculpture: Claes Oldenburg, with his giant clothes pegs, and soft sculpture cookers and fridges.
May I suggest that you refer to the following :
'Art' edited by Dr Robert Belton published by Flame Tree Publishing 2002
ISBN 1-903-817-994
'Techniques of the Modern Artists' by Collins,Welchman, Chandler and Anfam. published by Greenwich Editions 2001
ISBN 0-86288-190-0
Your school library will most probably have Techniques of Modern Artists.
I suppose to sum it all up very quickly, everyday iconic objects or images were turned into pieces of art work.
Hope you find this helpful.