Editing Retro style (section)

===Retro art===
[[File:CAP On the Air Force Team poster.jpg|thumb|right|A 1950s-era poster in pop-art style, on which retro art is based.]]
The style now called '''retro art''' is a genre of [[pop art]] which was developed from the 1940s to 1960s, in response to a need for bold, eye-catching graphics that were easy to reproduce on simple [[Printing press|presses]] available at the time in major centres. Retro advertising art has experienced a resurgence in popularity since its style is distinctive from modern computer-generated styling. Contemporary artist [[Anne Taintor]] uses retro advertising art as the centerpiece for her ongoing commentary on the modern woman. Specific styling features include analog machine design and vintage [[television program]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/book_review/bookulating_Suggest-O-Mometer/index.html|title=''Bookulating Suggest-O-Mometer''|access-date=2011-10-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201093233/http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/book_review/bookulating_Suggest-O-Mometer/index.html|archive-date=2008-12-01}}</ref>

A famous example of a retro pop-art character is the more generalized form of the [[Ward Cleaver]]-styled [[J. R. "Bob" Dobbs]]-esque icon which has been widely played off, copied, and parodied.