A movement that first emerged in Great Britain at the end of the 1950s as a reaction against the seriousness of [[Abstract Expressionism|abstract expressionism]]. British and American pop artists employed a common imagery found in comic strips, soup cans, and Coke bottles to express formal [[abstract]] relationships. [http://www.answers.com/topic/pop-art] | A movement that first emerged in Great Britain at the end of the 1950s as a reaction against the seriousness of [[Abstract Expressionism|abstract expressionism]]. British and American pop artists employed a common imagery found in comic strips, soup cans, and Coke bottles to express formal [[abstract]] relationships. [http://www.answers.com/topic/pop-art] |