The title of this image is Hopeless by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. It is done in 1963 oil on canvas. Before I get into talk about this painting brief summary of comic book is necessary. During early comics were short and shown on Sunday newspapers. Then actual comic books were being published. Dominant product was Superman. Super hero comics were popular for kids to read. During WW1 there were comic books for military to encourage and to entertain. After the war people were interested in reading about American dreams, romance, and close to home. During 50s there were science fictions, gory and horror comics. Also there were comics that impact on reality such as divorce, and sexual immorality. Comic book artist and publishers were receiving negative criticisms because there were people who thought comics were bad influences for children. Some parents gathered together to burn comic books. After negative criticisms comic books had to get prove in order to get published to make sure drawing are not too gory, sexual, and appropriate for children to read. The new subject of comic books were that are reality and realistic. Drawings and contents were more realistic and things people can relate to. This image is the one of the evolutionary result of the other. The artist took style of comic books and used printing technique, which is called “ ban day dots”. The artist used the visual shorthand language of the comic book to enormous painting. The artist quotes, “ one of the things a cartoon does it to express violent emotion and passion in a completely mechanized and removed style. To express this thing in a painterly style would dilute it…” (983)
Works Cited
Kleiner, Fred S. Gardener' Art through the Ages. Thirteen ed. Vol. 2. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2009. Print.
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