Andrew Warhol born in 1928‚ known as Andy Warhol‚ was an American painter‚ printmaker‚ and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement knows as pop art. At an early age‚ he showed an artistic talent and studied at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1949‚ he moved from Pennsylvania to New York City and began a career in magazine illustration and advertising. In the 1950’s‚ he gained his fame‚ but during the 1096’s was when his first pop exhibits hit the
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Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1‚ 1926 in Los Angeles‚ California. Her mother was a filmcutter at RKO Studios who‚ widowed and mentally ill‚ abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. She was almost smothered to death at two‚ nearly raped at six. At nine‚ the LA Orphans’ Home paid her a nickel a month for kitchen work while taking back a penny every Sunday for church. At sixteen‚ she worked in an aircraft plant and married a man she called Daddy; he went into the military‚
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Marilyn Monroe‚ was she perhaps one of the greatest movie stars of all time? We know Marilyn‚ but who was she underneath it all? Well to start‚ her name wasn’t always Marilyn‚ it was Norma Jeane. Her mother‚ Gladys Baker‚ was thought to have slight mental health issues that later progressed and made it clear that she was in fact “insane”. Norma Jeane had a childhood that would shape who she became later in life. Yes‚ she was a great star‚ but she was also a completely different person. The person
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Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles‚ California in 1926. She was a model and actress famous for being cast as the "dumb blonde" characters. Here are some of her most outrageous quotes of all time. Number Nine: ’I defy gravity This is quite a bold admission. It’s clear that the actress thought of herself as an anomaly who lived outside of the realm of normal humans. Number Eight: ’Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection’ This is quite outrageous because she was so popular
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Actress Marilyn Monroe was known for many things during her life‚ one of them being the world’s biggest and most enduring sex symbol of the 1950’s. She was a much admired international star by other woman and desired by men with her sexy voice‚ hourglass figure‚ and short blonde hair; despite her insecurities regarding her acting performances‚ Monroe suffered from pre-performance anxiety that sometimes made her unequipped to perform and was often the root cause of her legendary tardiness on films
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live in today. Pop art is an extension and repudiation of dadaism. (Wikipedia) Andy Warhol was a famous american draftsman‚ filmmaker‚ painter‚ and print maker of the early 1950s to the late 1980s. Warhol was born August 6th‚ 1928 in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania and later died on February 22‚ 1987 in New York‚ New York. Andy worked in the movements of pop art‚ video art‚ and postmodern art (Wikipedia). Andy graduated from high school at 16‚ in 1945 and later went on to Carnegie institute of technology
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Women aren’t Barbie dolls “A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing” – Marilyn Monroe Norma Jeane Mortenson later known as Marilyn Monroe was born June 1‚ 1926‚ in Los Angeles‚ California. She had a very tough childhood‚ she spent most of it in foster homes and in orphanage. In 1937 a family friend and her husband‚ Grace and Doc Goddard‚ took care of Monroe for a few years. They were paid $25 weekly by Monroe`s mother to raise her. The family was deeply religious and followed fundamentalist
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Andy Warhol’s 1985 painting‚ Apple‚ certainly caught my eyes as I was browsing his exhibit in the Blanton Museum of Art. The painting was a simple Apple logo decorated with a rainbow-like array of colors in between parallel lines that ran across the logo. These lines existed even outside the logo‚ except in a different color‚ yet stayed in stripes similar to how the lines on a sheet of notebook paper are. However‚ the most alluring part was how the lines and the “Macintosh” in the painting looked
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When Marilyn Monroe stood over a subway gate in The Seven Year Itch‚ her white pleated dress billowing above her waist‚ and squealed‚ "Isn’t it delicious?‚" she created a legendary image. Yet she was far more than a face and a voluptuous body‚ although those were her major assets to a flesh-conscious industry. As the public viewed Monroe as a porcelain vase‚ which is extravagant on the outside yet hollow in the inside‚ most label Monroe as a ‘sex symbol’ and ‘screen siren’. The star only did three
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My name is Amor Serrano and today I will speak to you about the life of Marilyn Monroe. She was one of America’s most famous idols. Mrs. Monroe was a huge Civil Rights Movement// Ella Fitzgerald was one of Marilyn’s idols and inspiration. The Mocambo nightclub in West Hollywood (famous at the time) would refuse to allow Ella to perform there because she was black.////// Marilyn‚ extremely upset‚ told the owners that if they allowed Ella to perform‚ she would be front tow every time Ella was
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