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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The stereotypes that overshadow Marilyn Monroe‚ kind of disgust me. I’m not writing this professionally‚ but from an appreciation of my ancestors and the lives they lived. Marilyn Monroe may not share my skin tone‚ but she needs to be acknowledged among the black community instead of the constant ridicule. What prompted this paper was a picture that said “Dorothy Dandridge over Marilyn Monroe”‚ now I love my history and I love my people and Dandridge is up there as one of my favorite people‚ but
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Pennsylvania on August 6th‚ 1928‚ Andy Warhol was focused on all his talents at an early age. He studied commercial art at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh‚ now known as Carnegie Mellon University. After graduating with a degree in fine arts‚ Warhol decided to start his new life in New York City. He was lucky enough to find a job in magazine illustration and advertising and quickly began his up-and-coming career. Warhol became a significant figure in the
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Marilyn Monroe was not born into a famous life. It was at her job she got known. This was were her fame was created. Her first job was in a factory were military drones were made. It was there the photographer Davis Conover who was sent by the U.S. Army Air First Motion Picture Unit to take pictures of morale-boosting pictures of female workers. He was in stunned‚ amazed and in shock of her beauty and decided to ask her for
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Seymour 2 Marilyn Monroe was a very well known actor and model in the 1950’s. She began her career as a model before shifting into acting. Some of the movies she was most recognized for include “The Seven Year Itch”‚ “The Prince and the Showgirl”‚ “Bus Stop” and “Some like it hot.” “Some like it Hot” was her most commercially successful film. This movie was listed as the greatest American comedy film of all time by the American film Institute in 2000. She was awarded numerous awards including a
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Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. In third grade‚ Andy had Sydenham’s chorea. He was often bedridden as a child he became an outcast at school and ended up bonding with his mother. At times when he was confined to his bed he drew‚ listened to the radio and collected pictures of movie stars.When Warhol was at age 13‚ his father died in a car accident. When Warhol graduated from Schenley High School in 1945 he had planned to study art education at the University of Pittsburgh
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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1‚ 1926 – August 5‚ 1962) was an American actress‚ model‚ and singer‚ who became a major sex symbol‚ starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes‚ Monroe began a career as a model‚ which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor‚ but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both
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Informative Speech When people hear the name Marilyn Monroe‚ mostly everyone has the same image in their mind of who this woman was. Some of the adjectives people would use to describe her are beautiful‚ glamorous‚ iconic‚ or even dumb. What people don’t understand is that all those words could be just an image that the media created for her. Marilyn Monroe was a troubled young woman who had a rough upbringing that haunted her for the rest of her life. All of that aside‚ she was one of the most
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Kelly 05/19/13 RAGS TO RICHES Marilyn At 9:30 a.m. on the morning of June 1‚ 1926 a star was born no one ever knew that Norma Jenea Morteson would be the one to change the way women think today. Growing up Norma had a very hard life her mother was diagnosed with a serious mental issue and it was getting in the way of raising Norma. The mother struggled the day she left the hospital trying to raise Norma‚ She knew it was going to be hard being a single parent. Norma’s father wasn’t
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excellence‚ neither did she strive to reform society or spend her life fighting for some aspect of equality. She was simply woman enough to be everything she could regardless of the prejudice‚ predicaments and discrimination associated with fame. Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour with an unprecedented compassion and an energy that infatuated the world. Her alluring beauty and voluptuous curves were
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