The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings—by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. ███
Intro topic ·Lichtenstein's pop art
Pop art = commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques in paintings. Lichtenstein brought style of comic books to this kind of art.
Historical context ·Pop art was a reaction to second generation of abstract expressionists
The standard perpsective is that pop art was a reaction to the first generation of abstract expressionists. But it was actually a reaction to the second -- whose work involved high-minded, lyrical elements.
Contrast with some pop art ·Lichtenstein's art displayed deliberate naivete about consumer culture, rather than cynicism
His art was response to overly sophisticated art of the second generation of abstract expressionists and of some other pop artists.
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Question Type
WSE
It’s not clear what aspect of the author’s characterization of Lichtenstein we’re meant to challenge. So it’s difficult to anticipate anything before going to the answers.
This doesn’t challenge the author’s characterization, because we have no reason to think Lichtenstein wouldn’t have attended exhibitions of abstract expressionist painters. Attendance at exhibitions doesn’t imply that Lichtenstein liked the later abstract expressionists.
This doesn’t challenge the author’s characterization, because Lichtenstein didn’t like the lack of emotion in later abstract expressionists. So it would make sense for him to praise a later abstract expressionist who produced something that was unusually emotional.
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This doesn’t challenge the author’s characterization, because Lichtenstein didn’t like the lack of emotion in later abstract expressionists. So it would make sense for him to praise an earlier abstract expressionist who produced emotional paintings.
This challenges the author’s characterization, because Lichtenstein didn’t like the lack of emotion in later abstract expressionists. His own work was a response to this fading emotional power. So it wouldn’t make sense for him to criticize a fellow pop artist for producing emotional works.
This doesn’t challenge the author’s characterization, because Lichtenstein didn’t like the lack of emotion in later abstract expressionists. So it would make sense for him to criticize a pop artist whose paintings didn’t have emotion.
Difficulty
58% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%135
156
75%178
Analysis
WSE
Art
Single position
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Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
5%
161
b
19%
162
c
10%
159
d
58%
164
e
8%
160
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