Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Pop Art in the Us

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This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the history of pop art.

Surrounded by the products of consumer culture, American Pop artists were inspired by what they saw and experienced living within that culture. Read more about Pop art's founding figures in the USA.

While American artists were primarily inspired by what they saw and experienced within their own culture, early Pop art in Britain was fueled by American popular culture viewed from a distance. Learn more about Pop art in the UK here.