Key learning points

1. Pop Art began in the UK and USA in the mid-20th century and reacted to consumer culture.
2. Pop Art often uses bold colours, repetition, and everyday imagery.
3. Pop artists use mass production techniques like screen printing to mass produce artworks.

Keywords

• Pop Art - a modern art movement that emerged in the 1950s-60s, using imagery from popular culture like advertisements, celebrities, and comics

• Mass media - forms of communication (TV, newspapers, etc.) used to reach large audiences, often influencing Pop Art themes

• Mixed-media - combining different artistic materials (e.g. paint, collage, sculpture) in a single artwork

• Iconic - something instantly recognisable and widely admired

• Repetition - the repeated use of elements (images, colours, text)

Common misconception