Pop Art

Pop art takes familiar everyday objects, often sourced from mass media and popular culture, and presents them out of their usual context. This art movement is most commonly associated with artists in 1960s in New York City. Some of the features of pop art are the use of bright colours, flat imagery inspired by newspaper photographs and comic book prints, and recognizable imagery.

The most iconic pop artist is usually identified as Andy Warhol. Warhol's typical works are of celebrities, everyday objects and macabre scenes. He worked in New York City making mostly silk screen prints and movies.

This book cover for Anthony Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange' is typical of the pop art style. It features bright, primary colours and the flat imagery comic books, which typifies the pop art style.

This is a modern interpretation of pop art in a restyling of the iconic 1960 book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Haper Lee. This of pop art book cover uses colour to interpret themes of the book along with the simple comic book style in representing characters. The pattern on the mockingbird also introduces a hint of op art.

SOURCES:
POP ART MOVEMENT, http://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm
POP ART - ART HISTORY 101 BASICS, http://arthistory.about.com/od/modernarthistory/a/Pop-Art-Art-History-101-Basics.htm
ARTIST PROFILE: ANDY WARHOL, http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesww/p/warhol.htm

IMAGES:
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-509102.html
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, https://www.behance.net/gallery/16133867/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Book-Cover