pop art

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pop ahrt]
- /pɒp ɑrt/
- /pɒp ɑːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pop ahrt]
- /pɒp ɑrt/

Definitions of pop art words

noun pop art an art movement that began in the U.S. in the 1950s and reached its peak of activity in the 1960s, chose as its subject matter the anonymous, everyday, standardized, and banal iconography in American life, as comic strips, billboards, commercial products, and celebrity images, and dealt with them typically in such forms as outsize commercially smooth paintings, mechanically reproduced silkscreens, large-scale facsimiles, and soft sculptures. 1
noun pop art 1950s modern art movement 1
uncountable noun pop art Pop art is a style of modern art which began in the 1960s. It uses bright colours and takes a lot of its techniques and subject matter from everyday, modern life. 0
noun pop art a movement in modern art that imitates the methods, styles, and themes of popular culture and mass media, such as comic strips, advertising, and science fiction 0

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Origin of pop art

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65

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pop art popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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