Andy Warhol Best-known for his silk-screened photographs of Marilyn Monroe‚ Jacqueline Kennedy‚ Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley‚ Andy Warhol accustomed artists and critics worldwide to use the art of borrowed imagery. Replicating previous artwork from decades before him‚ Andy Warhol became the founding father of appropriation‚ that has now become a symbol of postmodernism‚ and an artistic approach for an era in which concepts of innovation and authorship are thoroughly questioned. This theory
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Pop art is an art style that had its origins in England in the 1950s and made its way to the United States during the 1960s featuring images of the popular culture such as comic strips‚ magazine ads‚ celebrities‚ and supermarket products. This movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war society. In celebrating everyday objects such as soup cans‚ washing powder‚ comic strips and soda pop bottles‚ the movement turned the commonplace into icons. Some
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Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola) was one of the most well known and influential artists of the late 20th century. Warhol moved from his birthplace of Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania to New York and worked as a commercial artist for many magazines including Vogue‚ Harper’s Bazaar‚ and the New Yorker. He also did window displays and advertisements for retail stores. His first profitable job was illustrating an article in Glamour magazine titled "Success is a Job in New York" (Andy Warhol: Biography). In
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American Pop artist‚ from 1928-1987. A pop artist is an artist who has a style that explores the everyday imagery that is part of modern consumer culture. Using things like consumer product packaging‚ celebrities‚ comic strips‚ and advertisements. Other pop artists are Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Warhol died in New York on February 27‚ 1987 after a gallbladder operation. Andy Warhol
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Pop Art came to fruition at the wake of the Second World War eventually peaking at the prime of capitalism; the movement was distinguished by their portrayal of any and all characteristics of popular culture that had a powerful influence on contemporary society. Themes of consumerism such as advertisements‚ comic strips‚ film stars and products led to the blurring of boundaries between higher and lower cultures of that era‚ through the use of these received notions‚ pop art became a western sociological
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Botticelli and Warhol’s Art Works of Venus Sandro Botticelli created the beautiful‚ captivating‚ and norm breaking Birth of Venus. It depicts the story of the goddess Venus‚ having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman arriving at the shore. Painted in 1486‚ and with the medium of tempera on canvas‚ The Birth of Venus hangs in the Uffizi gallery in Florence Italy. This renaissance painting is huge and is 67.9 inches tall by 109.6 inches wide. Andy Warhol’s screen print Venus was done is
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Illustrator Andy Warhol was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time‚ using both avant-garde and highly commercial sensibilities. Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream
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The Immortality of Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe is a legend who still connects with millions of people all over the world. There was depth beneath her bombshell image‚ and Marilyn could turn a phrase with the best of them. People who really knew her will tell you about her emotional intelligence‚ her wit‚ and her really delightful sense of humor. Marilyn once said‚ "I don’t want to be rich‚ I just want to be loved." I think that this statement says a lot about who Marilyn really was. She was
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in America‚ and the art world was not left untouched. Early in the decade a new movement focused on popular culture and national icons began to develop. It was aptly named Pop art. "Many critics were alarmed by Pop‚ uncertain whether it was embracing or parodying popular culture and fearful that it threatened the survival of both modernist art and high culture..." (Stokstad 1101) Pop artists were not the first to make cultural statements with their work‚ however controversial art always draws criticism
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Andy Warhol a Contributor to Pop Art Andy Warhol was born in 1928 and died in 1987. His real name was Andrew Warhola. Andy Warhol was a contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1950s. Andy’s pop art pieces are well-known cultural icons. Many of his most recognized pieces are celebrity portraits‚ soup cans‚ and many of his films. He was interested in art since he was young. He contributed to art with the help of his mother who was also an artist. He started painting with two pieces of paper taped
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