Pop art is one of the most recognisable, and recent artistic movements in art history. 'Pop Art' explores the most important works and artists of this explosive movement, and reminds us of its impact on the world today, and argues for its status as an ongoing movement. Leading academic, Bradford R. Collins' insightful text places Pop art within it's cultural context, and is illustrated with works by Andy Warhol , Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Indiana, James Rosenquist and Tom Wessleman amongst others

• The British pioneers, 1952-61: the independent group and the American dream
• The emergence of American pop, 1952-62: de kooning and neo-dada to critical reception
• Roy Lichtenstein, 1961-72: low sources to high art
• Andy Warhol, 1961-8: capitalism, catholicism and homosexuality
• Progressive pop, 1954-72: the civil rights movement to the Vietnam War
• Regional pop, 1960-70: Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco
• Erotic pop, 1961-70: gendered perspectives
• High British pop, 1959-72: blake and the royal college style to later Hammilton and Paolozzi
• Euro pop, 1953-73: situationism and nouveau realisme to capitalist realism
• The decline of pop in the 1970s and the later work of the British and American pioneers
• Neo-pop in the US and Europe, 1977-90: the pictures group to the social activists