Ashley Thiel4/22/15ARH 321 Paul IveyRough DraftAnalysis of Process and Materials and the Influences of Mass Media on Pop Art Over centuries of diverse movements, l art has always been defined as a progressive concept. This is a necessary attribute for anything that aims to develop into a higher or more conscious state. In the past, art was seen as a tool of prosperity and intellect, offered only to those who possessed the highest standards of social class. The succession of artistic movements is a metaphorical timeline in which human society developed. Artistic works have the ability to convey complex areas of thought, emotions and above all personal theories of life. Each movement specifically expanded the possibilities. A relatively forced response from Lichtenstein to his explanation of pop art is "I don't know, the use of commercial art as a subject in painting." I suppose” (Lichtenstein, 102). Pop art is an impartial analysis of the world and accepts current cultural norms. Lichtenstein's work places much attention on how art is a wide-ranging process that depends on visual unification and organized consciousness. Lichtenstein's image “Drowning Girl” shows a notable attention to form which therefore unifies the image and dispenses a new overview of the objects of mass culture. The entire image was derived by applying repeated dots, or stippling, in order to achieve the desired perspective and visual appearance offered by this image. Lichtenstein also describes art as a matter of “organized perception” (Lichtenstein, 104). This statement directly implies that he used complex methods to achieve a certain artistic result from the picture. For example, in “Drowning Girl,” there are various shades of blue incorporated throughout the image. The darker shades frame the woman's face and draw attention from the sides of the painting to the face, which is the main focus of the image. This tactic also adds a dark effect to the image, increasing the emotional desperation shown and contributing an element of realism. Lichtenstein's piece "Saturday Disaster" showed the shocking fallback of motor vehicles by recreating a car crash. The image functions as a series because it was often repeated in a large-scale recreation. Warhol believes this piece incorporates fears of society being run by machines and even machines in his personal sense. Even though Warhol attempted to demonstrate this fear, he still contributed to the movement itself. Warhol states, “The process of making commercial art was machine-like, but the attitude was sensitive” (Warhol, 107). Warhol thinks that most people in the world are obsessed with repetition, and repetition is similar to the function of machines. The multiple recreations of the “Saturday Disaster” image allow the viewer to see a modified perspective on the concept of death in society. The initial fear of seeing it for the first time diminishes after viewing the recreated works several times. This leads the viewer to understand that death is just an event that occurs consecutively and for all people, decreasing the traumatism of such catastrophes. This image is also black and white, which is interesting considering the emotionless feeling that is given off by the lack of bright pigments, which are usually used to evoke