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Introduction
| Modernism 1900-1950
Popular culture 1900-1950 | High
culture 1950-2000
Pop culture 1950-2000 | Culture
and technology
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Websites
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Anime & Manga
www.animeresearch.com
Considered the top echelon of pop culture, Japan's anime (animation)
and manga are explored here, with explanations provided for the popularity
of Pokemon and nerd heroes.
Modernism
www.artsmia.org/modernism/index.html
A guide to some of the different styles created by artists, designers
and architects who have wanted to escape previous historical ties.
Images: A journal of film and popular culture
www.imagesjournal.com/
Explore film noir, the paradox of stardom and the salacious
exploitation flicks of the 'Golden Age'.
Artists & Art Movements
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/
ARTH20thcentury.html#Early20century
A comprehensive gateway site to websites devoted to the major artists
– and the lesser known ones – of each movement.
Books
20th-century Media: 1960s to the satellite age by Steve Parker
Part of a series that charts the development of media from newspapers,
books and magazines, right through the invention of radio and television
up to the electronic age of the internet and e-mail.
Manga Mania by Christopher Hart
Covers both the young and more mature styles of manga art, and includes
artwork from some of the top-rated manga artists.
Pop: 20th-century rock 'n' roll by David Thompson
From the Walker Brothers to The Monkeys to The Backstreet Boys, this book
presents 40 of the most important rock artists from the late 1950s to
the present, including their history and biographical data.
Pop Art by Lucy Lippard
Considered the definitive work on pop art, Lippard defines the movement
that irrevocably altered American culture.
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