Question

Which of the following is a common characteristic of pop art design?

A. faux textures
B. monochromatic
C. single subject matter
D. symmetrical layout



Why were pop art designers influenced to paint celebrities, soda cans, and other ordinary objects?

A. Artists wanted to sell work that average Americans could understand and relate to.
B. Artists felt obligated to be realistic in their work.
C. Artists lacked a sense of creativity.
D. Artists wanted to reflect the true essence of American culture.


3. How did the rise in consumerism affect design during the Pop Art movement?

A. Designers believed the public's exposure to art would increase because art sales would flourish due to the rise of the economy.
B. Designers embraced consumerism and attempted to capture the reality of it in Pop Art.
C. Designers made fun of the "embarrassing" behavior of American consumers.
D. Designers made Pop Art an international design style that shunned Americans because of their increased consumerism.


Of the following, which one is most likely to be found in Pop Art design?

A. comic strip design
B. faux textures
C. muted colors
D. shades of gray in the background


What factors influenced designers during the Pop Art movement? (Select 2)

A. end of wartime rationing
B. increase in consumerism
C. hippie counterculture
D. Velvet Underground concert

Answer 1

1. C. Single subject matter
2. D. Artists wantebdto reflect the true essence of American culture.
3. B. Designers embraced consumerism and attempted to capture the reality of it in pop art.
4. A. Comic strip design
5. A. End of wartime rationing AND B. Increase in consumerism

Answer 2

Answer 1:

(C) Single Subject matter

Pop art is an art movement that developed in Britain and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s. The campaign offered a challenge to traditions of fine art by incorporating imagery from popular and mass cultures, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects.

Answer 2:

(D) Artists wanted to reflect the true essence of American culture.

Pop art began with the New York artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg, all of whom drew on popular imagery and were really part of an international phenomenon. Following the demand of the Abstract Expressionists, Pop's reintroduction of identifiable symbolism (drawn from mass media and popular culture) was a major change for the direction of modernism.

Answer 3:

(B) Designers embraced consumerism and attempted to capture the reality of it in Pop Art.

The art movement that followed ab-ex, as it turned out, might well have done the CIA’s work for free. It was a conventional commercial for consumerism that could have been called “capitalist realism”. But it became identified as Pop Art. Here was art that was concurrently in love with and critical of the ephemera of consumer culture.

Answer 4:

(A) Comic strip design

Creating a traditional newspaper comic strip can sometimes seem like a lost art. But the comic strip design method is an excellent tool for artists who want to sharpen their skills. To accurately draw a strip, you’ll have to make numerous characters, shepherd them through a brief narrative, create dialogue, and prepare coloring and lettering.

Answer 5:

(A) & (B)

The term Pop-Art was created by British curator Lawrence Alloway in 1955, to represent a new form of "Popular" art - a campaign characterized by the imagery of consumerism and popular culture. Pop-Art appeared in both New York and London during the mid-1950s and became the dominant vanguard style until the late 1960s. Portrayed by bold, simple, everyday imagery, and lively block colors, it was exciting to look at and had a modern "hip" feel.