Questions
1- Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by what popular print medium?
2- What are benday dots? How and why did Lichtenstein use them?
3- What is a POP ICON? Write down five examples of contemporary pop icons that everyone in your class will recognize.
2 comments:
1. Proto-pop imagery.
2. A shading medium that creates a textural and/or tonal effect. Invented by Benjamin Day in 1879, it may be incorporated into a print by imposing a transparent sheet of dots on the image at some point during the photographic reproduction process.
He used them to represent certain colors and create recognizable characters from gum wrappers and cartoons.
3.A pop icon is a celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era. Although there is no single definitive test for establishing "pop icon" status, such status is usually associated with elements such as longevity, ubiquity, and distinction. Moreover, "pop icon" status is distinguishable from other kinds of notoriety outside of popular culture, such as with historic figures.
I. Jimi Hendrix
II. Marilyn Monroe
III. Elvis Presley
IV. John F. Kennedy
V. Michael Jackson
1- Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by what popular print medium?
*comic
2- What are benday dots? How and why did Lichtenstein use them?
*benday dots occur in mechanical printed comics. He wants to simulate these reproduction of mechanical paintings
3- What is a POP ICON? Write down five examples of contemporary pop icons that everyone in your class will recognize.
*Pop icon is a celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era.
Madonna, Oprah, Elvis,Micheal Jordan, Tom Cruise.
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