3. POP ART IS…characterized by themes and figures drawn from popular mass culture: -COMIC BOOK -ADVERTISEMENT
4. Emphasizes the bland and boring aspects of culture, chiefly through the use of irony. “Three Machines” by Wayne Thiebaud IRONY (noun): something humorous based on contradiction.
5. “The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.”
6. Andy Warhol Born it Pittsburgh PA to two Slovakian immigrants. Became sick with Cholera in 3rd grade & was bedridden. While sick in bed, he drew, listened to the radio, and surrounded himself with pictures of celebrities.
9. Silkscreen Printing A screen made of silk is stretched over a frame. Non-permeable materials are painted on the screen to create a stencil. A roller covered in paint is rolled over the screen, transfering the image onto the material beneath it.