The lost art of singer/song writing – is there a place for it in today’s pop music? In 2008‚ the British singer Adele sang “Make You Feel My Love”. The release charted at number 4 in the UK; and has little over 52 million views on Youtube. In 1997‚ Bob Dylan wrote a song named “Make You Feel My Love” which didn’t chart. In today’s popular music‚ it is clear that the art of song writing is not held in the same esteem as it was in decades prior to now. Popular performers for today’s masses only
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Andy Warhol was born in 1928‚ Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. Warhol’s started painting at the age of eight but became known to the world in the late 1950s. He graduated high school when he was sixteen years old and enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Andy Warhol became a commercial illustrator‚ in 1949‚ the same year he moved to New York. He worked for well-known magazines like The New Yorker‚ Vogue‚ etc. He won awards like the American Institute of Graphics Art with his out of the ordinary
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"Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is first and foremost the album that gave rise to ’hopes of progress in pop music" (The Times‚ 29 May 1967) Did the impact of the Beatles Sgt Pepper album help redefine popular music as a culturally significant art form? Summary of Assignment Choose an artist from the period 1900-1970 and to examine their relationship to the cultural and social framework of their era with reference to an important or influential album. Introduction In this essay I
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2000s‚ with the use of internet‚ e-mails and cell phones were the base of the communication‚ unlike the letters and dial-up phones that were used in the 1960s‚ so the technology made the communication easier. Music had changed a lot too. In the 1960s‚ Pop and Rock n Roll were the most popular genres. John Lennon‚ Elvis Presley‚ Beatles and Johnny Cash were the most famous musicians in America. However‚ in the 2000s rap and hip-hop were the towering genres. Eminem‚ Michael Jackson‚ Britney Spears and
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1. What does Danto mean by the End of Art? The end of art is not the death of art‚ but the wholesale elimination of what used to be considered art and its replacement by a new concept: pluralism. When art has exhausted itself and this concept has been brought into the forefront of the consciousness‚ this awareness signals the end of art. Art is no longer art in the traditional sense (having a manifesto-aesthetically pleasing‚ etc.) because the accessibility to art and to create art has allowed
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression‚ celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. Andy Warhol was born on 6th August 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He is known for his pop art and his work focuses of the crossover between celebrity‚ advertising and artistic expression. He worked with many forms of media‚ including: painting‚
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almost six feet in width; however the connotation between the original inspiration and the new meaning is as Hall states not fixed and is open to viewer interpretation. Thus Jacksons enormous popularity and success as a pop-culture icon is characterized by overemphasizing the “King of Pop” by paralleling him with Christian icons turning him into a symbol of grandeur to be idolized. This is a potentially controversial appropriation of ideology which would draw parallels between Jackson’s significance and
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Andy Warhol being one of the biggest influences in my work made him the obvious choice for this assignment. I see Warhol ’s influence on the world we live in everyday and strongly believe he helped in creating the pop culture obsession in America. Andy went from rags to riches and defines the American dream. His work has inspired many and continues to be recognized by people throughout the world. Born August 6‚ 1928 to Andrej and Julia Warhola‚ Andy was the youngest of three brothers. Andy
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in the creation of them. Andy Warhol began creating as a young boy and because of this his artistic ability was extremely advanced. He was able to create near exact replications of something‚ but put a twist on it that would become to be known as Pop Art. These twists include changing up colors so people take more notice to how simple everyday things really are‚ finding the true beauty of everyday American life. In addition to painting he also represented America and its popular culture using all
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Just like how people listen to music has changed‚ the type of music people listens to has changed as well. For instance‚ Rock was popular during the 1950’s‚ but today it’s not as popular. However‚ different types of genres mixed into rock such as pop rock‚ alternative rock are used to get a variation of music. As a student from Memphis Tennessee‚ “the birthplace of Rock N Roll and home of the Blues”‚ I can easily say rock is slowly dying down. I believe it has passed its prime days‚ however‚ I
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