Basedon3G, Ex.1.
ReadthetextandmarkthestatementsasTrue, FalseorNotstated.
PopArt
Whatisart?Inthe1960sacollectionofartistsmadethatquestionevenmoredifficulttoanswer.TheycreatedPopArt, astyleofartthatrepresentedeverybody'severydayexperiences.Popartistswerefascinatedbyrealisticimagesfromeverydaylifethateverybodysaw.Oneelementoflifetheynoticedwasthatalmostallpeopleareconsumerswhobuyandusemillionsofdifferentthingseveryday.Asaresult, manyPopartistsusedimagesofproductsfromthesupermarketoradvertisementsintheirworks.
ThemostfamousPopartistwastheAmericanAndyWarhol.WarholpaintedproductslikeCampbellSoup, Coca-Colabottlesandbananas.Healsopaintedothereverydayimages.Forexample, hisbrightportraitsofcelebritieslikeMarilynMonroe, thefamousactress, becameveryfashionable.TheBritishPopartistEduardoPaolozzicollectedpicturesandadvertisementsfrommagazinestouseinhisworks.Anotherwell-likedPopartistwasRoyLichtenstein.Insteadofusingproductsoradvertisements, mostofhisworksweresimilartoimagesinthecomicbooksthatchildrenreadeveryday.
ManypeopleintheartworlddonotacceptPopArtasarealartform.Theycan'tseewhyadullpaintingofanordinarycanofsoupshouldbepartofanartexhibition.However, manyoriginalPopArtworkshavebeensoldformillionsofdollars.Manyworkshavealsoappearedonmusicalbumcovers.Allinall, themostimportantresultofPopArtisthatithascreatedanewartisticwayoflookingattheeverydayworld.
- MarilynMonroewasaPopartistwhopaintedcelebrities.[True|False|Not stated]
- PopartexistedonlyinAmerica.[True|False|Not stated]
- AllPopartistsusedimagesofproductsintheirworks.[True|False|Not stated]
- Popartistswereinterestedinpeople'severydayexperiences.[True|False|Not stated]
- PaolozziwasfamousonlyinBritain.[True|False|Not stated]
- PopArtisn'tverypopularwithsomepeople.[True|False|Not stated]
- SomePopartistsneversoldtheirworks.[True|False|Not stated]