Year 8 · Art and design · Art movements · Lesson 3

Pop Art

Pop Art in Britain and the USA (1950s-60s): popular culture imagery, bold flat colour, repetition, screen printing and Ben-Day dots, with Warhol, Lichtenstein, Hamilton and Blake.

18-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Describe the origins of Pop Art
Identify its features and key artists
Explain screen printing and Ben-Day dots
Plan an original Pop Art piece

The method

Everyday image.
Bold outlines.
Flat colour.
Repeat.

Key words: Pop Art, Warhol, Lichtenstein, screen printing, Ben-Day dots, popular culture, repetition.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

In which country did Pop Art first appear?

Step 1: Mid-1950s

Answer: Britain

Question 2

In which decade was Pop Art biggest in the USA?

Step 1: Swinging decade

Answer: the 1960s

Question 3

Name two American Pop artists.

Step 1: Warhol...

Answer: Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein