Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
was a leading figure for a new pop art movement
was drafted for world war II
as a boy was interested in comics and magazines
awarded national medal of the arts
by 1972 his art was selling at the highest for any living artist ever
hopelessness
master piece
whham!
little big painting
crack
"Ben-day" dots were created by Benjamin Day and was used by Roy Lichtenstein. Basically, it was a method that was inexpensive used for the shading effect and secondary colors. This technique was used in comics.
Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein both did pop art, but different types. Warhol did more pictures based on popular culture, while Roy had more pictures using the "Ben-day" dots technique.
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