Pop art emerged in the 1950s and was made up of British and American artists drawing inspiration from "popular" images and products of commercial culture as opposed to "elitist" fine art.
Pop art emerged in the 1950s and was made up of British and American artists drawing inspiration from "popular" images and products of commercial culture as opposed to "elitist" fine art. Pop art reached its peak of activity in the 1960s, emphasizing the banal or kitsch elements of everyday life in such forms as mechanically reproduced screen prints, large-scale facsimiles, and soft pop art sculptures.