Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
― Edgar Degas
foundations II
Choose 2 questions to answer in 5-9 sentences: 1) What is the subject of pop art? What ideas are the works of American pop artists communicating about American life/values in the 1960’s? Explain three reasons why pop artists may have decided to create art the way they did? 2) Describe Andy Warhol’s life story? What important events may have influenced the kind of art Andy Warhol created or the way he behaved as an artist? 3) From where does the Benday dot originate? What was its original purpose? Why might Roy Lichtenstein have chosen to incorporate the Benday dot in his pop art paintings? 4) Compare and contrast the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. How is their art similar? How is it different? Describe three ways in which a visitor to a New York gallery in 1960 might distinguish between a Warhol and a Lichtenstein?
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