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End of World War 2
The introduction of atomic weapons in warfare quickly ended the 2nd world war but also created tensions between the U.S and the Soviet Union -
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Birth of Pop-art
Starting in the 1950's, pop art is commercialising and and mass production of artwork as a commodity. Pop-art is often characterized by artist like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein -
Coca-Cola
Andy Warhol starts his career in pop-art and artwork commercialism by designing this adverstisement for a new shape of Coca-cola bottle introduced just one year prior -
Premier of the Campbell Soup can
Andy Warhol introduces his famous work, Campbell's soup cans. -
Standing Explosion
Roy Lichtetstein introduces his work, Standing Explosion. Lichtenstein based the work off of designs from comic book designs and integrated Benday dots. -
Hammer and Sickle
Andy Warhol returns from a trip from Italy and introduces the popular symbol as he saw on a vandalized wall. -
Flag
Jasper Johns redesigns the age old American symbol in his own design using Encaustic on a silk flag to mirror his patriotism -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
This was a major event hat is often marked as the beginning of the end of the Cold War -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The end of the Cold War is often disputed but a common answer among historians is the formal enaction of the dissolution of the United Socialist States Republics
