Pop+Art+Research


 * Pop Art Research Assignment **

media type="custom" key="11121540" In the sixties, artists started to use images from popular culture in their art-making. This movement was known as pop art. In this assignment you will be researching pop art to discover its roots and why it came about as an art movement.

You will need to compose a 300 word summary of the history of pop art why it came about as an art movement. In your research summary you are to answer the following questions:
 * What is pop art?
 * What was pop art a response to?
 * Who were some of the first artists to do pop art?
 * Include a one paragraph summary of two pop art artists of your choice.
 * Include at least two pictures of pop art works that you particularly like or dislike and give each a one paragraph description of the meaning of the art works and why you like or dislike the art.
 * Site all of your sources at the end of the document.

This assignment is to be posted on your blog that you created for this class.

Total/50 marks **Marking Rubric**