Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was born on August 6th 1987. He was originally given the name Andrew Warhola but as he grew older he developed the nickname Andy and he dropped the extra a in Warhol when he started his art career. He grew up in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He attended Holmes School where he took free art classes after school. He later graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology where he got a bachelor’s degree in fine art. He planned on becoming an art teacher until one of his friends
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Research Paper: Andy Warhol Background: Andrew Warhola‚ better known under his artist’s name Andy Warhol‚ was an American painter‚ graphic artist and designer‚ filmmaker and main representative of the pop art movement. Warhol was born on the 6th of August 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in a working class family. His parents were immigrants from Czechoslovakia. From the age of eight‚ Warhol became very interested in drawing‚ movies and photography. Later Andy Warhol finished an apprenticeship as
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Andy Warhol’s Moonwalk exemplifies how pop art took inspiration from cultural trends and in this case from the events of the cold war and the space race. The image envisions the exiting moment when man first stepped on the moon‚ using a technique known as screen printing to capture the dynamic composition. Moonwalk was painted by Andy Warhol in the year 1987 only months before his death. It is currently located in the Huntsville Museum of Art‚ near the NASA Marshall Space flight center. The centre
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Marilyn Monroe Mandi Powers PSY/300 October 17‚ 2011 Lori Cooper Marilyn Monroe There have been many arguments when it comes to psychological development when it is about the topic of nature versus nurture and the stages of development. The way a person develops depends on several different factors such as our upbringing along with our environment. To really understand a person one must take a deeper look into the family history. For this paper I have chosen to take a closer look into
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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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Andy Warhol-Underground Movie Andy Warhol directed many underground movies with titles that were sexually explicit or off the wall terms like “Blow Job” (1964) and “The Nude Restaurant” (1967). His filmography spanned through out America’s 60’s in a time where sexuality was constantly being questioned and Andy Warhol responded with a series of subjects that pushed the limits of what is considered normal behavior. The New American Cinema Group/ The Film Makers Co-op a group of artist producers
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Marilyn Monroe Today in my essay I’m going to talk about Marilyn Monroe. She was a very Famous American actress and model. She is most famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters. Marilyn Monroe has spread the word “wow” over the United States and Europe for over six decades. In my essay I will cover her Childhood‚ How she was without the lights around‚ and her achievements. Childhood Marilyn Monroe had a difficult childhood. As http://marilynmonroe.com/ says she was born as Norma Jean
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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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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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Pop Art: A Critical Analysis “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” (Warhol) Thus summarizes the unique and captivating art style: Pop Art. In a high commercialized world‚ Pop Art emerges as a contending force and took over the world of advertisement. The entrancing world of Pop Art has been a large part of our art culture since the 1950’s. In order to understand Pop Art‚ a close look must be taken towards
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