Symbolism and Advertising in Pop Art Written Exam by Nicole D. Willis Student Number: 0501784 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Arise of Consumerism in Post World War II America 8 3. Symbolism and Code 11 4. H.R. Pufnstuf and McDonaldland 13 5. The Chapman Family Collection‚ Revisiting McDonaldland 19 6. Ron English‚ Culture Jammers and Political Art 21 7. 1950’s Advertising and Post War Optimism 23 8. Appropriation Art 26 1 9. Symbolism
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Andy Warhol: A Pop Culture Icon Henry Matisse once said‚ "The freedom of the artist is in reality the impossibility of following the path beaten by all others." In other words‚ the degree in which an artist interprets the world that is laid out before him is what makes him unique. Andy Warhol was a master at creating a distinctive account of what came before him and what presently surrounded him. It was this rare talent that made Andy Warhol into a pop culture icon with a profound influence on
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Andy Warhol Andrew Warhola is considered to be the “founder and a major figure of the pop art movement”. He was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1928. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology‚ where he majored in pictorial design. He worked as an illustrator in many magazines including Vogue‚ Harpers Bazaar and the New Yorker‚ but‚ his big break was in 1949‚ when he illustrated for Glamour Magazine. Andy Warhol was born with the name Andrew Warhola‚ he dropped the “a” when his
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uniqueness Roy Lichtenstein presented is the content of his Pop Art works‚ Jasper John presented in his choice of materials and medium. Jasper Johns grew up in Georgia‚ in a place where he claims he was never exposed to art as a child and so he had no foundational idea of what art is or should be. This undoubtedly led to the choices that would make Jasper Johns a visionary of the Pop Art scene. After having a dream of the American flag‚ Johns began incorporating the image of the flag into his paintings
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The Pop Art Movement was one of the biggest visual art movements of the 20th century. Therefore it is extremely significant. Pop Art is simply an abbreviation for popular art work. Numerous artists such as such as Andy Warhol‚ Roy Lichtenstein‚ James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg started this phenomenal movement form the 1950’s and onwards. It came at a time after a two decade period where abstract art was extremely popular. Pop Art is the movement in art when artists began to create art with the
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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 was
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Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. The coinage of the term Pop Art is often credited to British art critic/curator‚ Lawrence Alloway in an essay titled The Arts and the Mass Media‚ although the term he uses is "popular mass culture" Nevertheless‚ Alloway was one of the leading critics to defend mass culture and Pop Art as a legitimate art form. Pop art is one of the major art movements of the twentieth
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John Lennon by Andy Warhol John Lennon by Andy Warhol was created in 1985 (Christies.com)‚ shortly after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Kennedy Hickman). John Lennon‚ who was an antiwar activist‚ was assassinated in 1981 (Wikipedia). Due to his pivotal role in the music industry‚ he was extremely influential. Andy Warhol executed his portrait of John as a tribute four years after Lennon’s death. As a medium‚ Warhol used synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas (Christies.com). His
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Throughout this year‚ many great leaders have been taught‚ but there were three men who stood out most‚ for good and for bad. One was Alexander Hamilton‚ a well known congressmen who displays many great traits‚ but also had a few times when he wasn’t his best self. Another leader was Andrew Jackson and as he started in poverty‚ he worked his way up to becoming the president. The people of his time thought he was a superior leader‚ but he had moments when he could have been more empathetic. The last
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Andy Warhol- Research Artist Andy Warhol was heavy handed in his use of repetition and color. He used these elements in many of his screen printed creations. This print of Marilyn Monroe‚ first produced in 1967‚ has become an iconic image often replicated and referenced in the media. Altering colors overlaying the same contoured image is a style now commonly seen. More than twenty years after his death‚ Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s
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