Do you know of any modern art inspired by traditional art?

I have to do a research paper on a piece of art, "pop art" in particular, and the event(s) that inspired it...?

• What are good examples of well-known pop(ular)-art pieces? I need at least three solid good ones and the events that inspired them. +Does anyone know if Banksy's work qualifies as "pop art"?

• Answer:

  http://www.eikongraphia.com/wordpress/wp-content/12%20Andy%20Warhol%20-%20Green%20Coca-Cola%20Bottles%201962.jpg that's by Andy Warhol and below is the story behind it. "What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coca Cola, Liz Taylor drinks Coca Cola, and just think, you can drink Coca Cola, too. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it" http://aura0.gaia.com/photos/41/402888/large/Roy_Lichtenstein._Look_Mickey_1_.jpg that is by Roy Lichtenstein, and below, is the story. "His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Benday Dots was "Look Mickey" This piece came from a challenge from one of his sons, who pointed to a Mickey Mouse comic book and said; "I bet you can't paint as good as that, eh, Dad?" "