pop art en · NOUN
Etymology
From op art and abbreviation of popular, attributed to English art critic Lawrence Alloway (1926–1990).
Meanings
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(uncountable) A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture, often using techniques from commercial art and advertising.
Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.
1978, Don DeLillo, Running Dog, New York: Knopf, page 148:
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Translations (15)
sv popkonst (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · ko 팝아트 (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · uk попа́рт (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · cmn 普普藝術 /普普艺术 (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · el ποπ αρτ (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · nl popart (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · vi pop art (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · tr pop sanatı (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · de Pop-Art (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · pl pop-art (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · ja ポップアート (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · th ศิลปะประชานิยม (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · ru поп-а́рт (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · cmn 波普藝術 /波普艺术 (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture) · pl popart (genre of art that uses elements of popular culture)