The art of 1960 was considered as one of the popular art of its time. It contained art movements such as minimalism and pop art. The best and most revealing expression of its time under the heading "degenerate art". The power that had escaped from Europe was beamed back across the Atlantic, magnified by American sense of scale and supported by that especially American alliance between wealth and avant-gardism.
Throughout the history, of art have been painters and sculptors who have used musical references in his works. The modern composer can be based on a painting as a stimulus to trigger a colorist arsenal or to facilitate the creation and understanding of environment particular.
Many of the collections at the Whitney represent Art Nouveau and Pop Art. One of the main features of Art Nouveau is that it adapts to the circumstances of modern life which is so intimately linked to industrial production, developing into two aspects: architecture and graphic design. In general, the term Art Nouveau features all the artistic movements of the late nineteenth century, abandoning the traditional, wanted to create something new. Art Nouveau began in the late nineteenth century in Europe. It replaced the eclectic style, which consisted in the repetition of the older variety of styles. The main feature of modernity was that it was based on new artistic techniques and did not cite previous styles (Craven, pp. 3). The main features of Art Nouveau are asymmetry, artistic designs, curved and irregular shapes. Elements of the Art Nouveau style have won great popularity among architects, artists and designers of the late nineteenth century. The most significant year in the history of Art Nouveau is 1900. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 modernist style has won worldwide fame.