Homophones are words which sound the same, but which have different
spelling and different meanings eg wheel, we’ll
Read this article about POP ART. Then choose which homophone is
correct. Draw a line through the incorrect words.
Pop art started in Britain in the 1950s and spread
threw/through the world in the 1960s. At this time
sum/some artists saw/sore how important media
and advertising were becoming. Their art reflected
this new/knew awareness. Pop artists used
popular culture such as advertising, comic
characters and fast food in their/there work. They
used the technique called appropriation, which
means borrowing images which have appeared in the past/passed and using
them in a knew/new weigh/way.
Pop artists did not try to make a judgement about
whether/weather popular culture was write/right or
wrong. Their/they’re objective was two/too/to
show how popular culture had flooded into
people’s minds. Pop artists wanted
two/too/to bring art two/too/to ordinary people, so/
sew that art was closer two/too/to real life. One/
won of the most famous pop artists was Andy
Warhol who’s/whose paintings included soup cans
and movie stars like Marilyn Monroe.
Critics in the 1960s sore/saw the knew/new pop art trend as vulgar and
unimportant. Supporters of pop art liked it four/for they felt it was art that
everybody could understand.
Look up the meanings of these words in a dictionary:
judgement
vulgar
awareness
Visual Arts Book 1 sample page
critic
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