art movement: pop art |
five facts about the artist |
Roy lichensteinArtist quote: Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.
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1. He was born on October 27, 1923 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.
2.He was a prominent pop artist whose work was exhibited heavily during the 1960s. 3. His first work was Look Mickey painted in 1961 and eventually purchased by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. U.S.A. 4. In 1955 he was awarded the National Medal of the Arts. 5. He died on September 29, 1997 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A aged 73. |
title: crying girl
year: 1964
media: Enamel paint
inspiration: Crying Girl was one of Roy Lichtenstein’s first ventures into producing enamel-on-steel multiples of the comic-strip imagery he had first introduced in conventional hand-painted canvases. This innovative, industrial means of “mass production” was as ground-breaking as his distinctive subject matter.
year: 1964
media: Enamel paint
inspiration: Crying Girl was one of Roy Lichtenstein’s first ventures into producing enamel-on-steel multiples of the comic-strip imagery he had first introduced in conventional hand-painted canvases. This innovative, industrial means of “mass production” was as ground-breaking as his distinctive subject matter.
3 world events
1. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Tax Reduction Act lowering income tax rates from a range of 20-91% to 14-70%. Corporate rates are reduced from 52% to 48%.
2. In a speech at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson introduces the theme for his domestic agenda in stating that we must “set our course toward the Great Society."
3. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Urban Mass Transit Act allocating $375 million for the construction of urban transit systems.
2. In a speech at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson introduces the theme for his domestic agenda in stating that we must “set our course toward the Great Society."
3. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Urban Mass Transit Act allocating $375 million for the construction of urban transit systems.
music connection
genre: hip-hop/rap/R&B
artist: k camp
song title: comfortable
influence: he wants to get a girl
artist: k camp
song title: comfortable
influence: he wants to get a girl