The first timeline project that I looked at was the decade of the 1960s, and the primary movements and historic events that occurred in this time. To start out with, I decided to look at some of the key art movements that were present or started in the 1960s. At first, I was planning to look at minimalism, specifically artists such as Ad Reinhardt, who worked to influence the movement a lot between the 1960s and 1970s.

After further consideration, I decided to focus on pop-art for the main theme of the 1960s that I wanted to research. In comparison to every other movement at the time, it just stood out to me a lot more, definitely being the flashiest and loudest movement at the time. Combined with the domination of consumerism and the need to stand out, pop art really thrived at the time, especially in America, exponentially growing the movement due to the focus on celebrities and branding.

Originally I was looking at Richard Hamilton as the artist to research as part of the movement. After a short bit of research, he was the main one that stood out to me as he acted as a type of pioneer for the movement, starting it out in the late 1950s. However, I decided against this in the end because the majority of his works as an artist were split across many different themes, instead, I decided to focus on an artist who had the majority of their works and their fame come from the specific movement.

After further research into the movement, I decided to look into Roy Lichtenstein as my artist to research for the decade. Alongside artists such as Andy Warhol, he was one of the leading figures of the movement at the time, keeping in tune with the art style of the movement while also putting his own spin on it, giving it an aesthetic like a parody of a comic book.