1. Pop art and post modernism
... time as subject a matter for art. The movement was contemptuous and mocked many aspects of the modern world, such as comic strips, consumer products, advertising and celebrities. Pop art used these images from the mass media and popular culture and completely changed their meaning and perception. It was something for the masses rather than just for the higher class of society. The ... a reaction against the abstract expressionist style of the 1940s and 1950s, which the pop artists considered overly intellectual, subjective, and separate from reality. They hoped to close the gap between ...
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