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Byrne, L. "Picasso, Guernica, History." Art Book 14.3 (2007): OhioLINK: Electronic Journal Center. Web. 1 November 2010. Byrne reviews a work by Fransisco Calvo Serraller and Jorge Semprun on Picasso's Guernica. The painting was painted for the Spanish Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937. Guernica is a summary of the wars of the past one hundred years (Byrne 13). Serraller's thinks that the painting is one of the greatest paintings of all time because it was created out of "historical tradition" genius which he believed only Picasso and a select few were capable of.

Shanes, Eric. "The Pop Art Tradition: Responding to Mass Culture." Parkstone Press International (2006): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Shanes traces the roots of popular mass culture in the late 18th century when the industrial and political revolutions industrialized the Western World. Pop Art is said to have originated from Surrealism in Britain when Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, and Richard Hamilton began exploring comic books, advertising, and folk culture. Artist, Claes Oldenberg, began works of art that connected to "store exhibitions," which filled galleries with common American objects. This emphasized and worshiped consumer goods.