PRINT MAKING
Began in China around 105 A.D. Became popular in Europe in the 15th century (when paper was imported)
4 MAIN TYPES OF PRINTMAKING Relief--printing from a raised surface (ex. Rubber stamp, woodblock) Intaglio--printing from a cut surface (cutting into the printing plate, then inking and printing the lines) Lithography--printing from a flat surface (drawing with a greasy substance, grease absorbs ink) Serigraphy--printing with a stencil (also known as screen-printing)
Linoleum Blocks
Salvador Jimenez
POP ART Began in the 1950’s London, then the U.S. Popularized non-academic art Coincided with pop music and the youth culture boom in the 1960’s (Beatlemania)
Jasper Johns
Roy Lichtenstein “Blam”
ANDY WARHOL Born in Pittsburgh Began silkscreen prints of famous people in 1962 Obsessed with the goal of becoming rich and famous! "Making money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art."