Andy Warhol I’ve chosen to write my paper on the 20th century artist Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol was born as Andrew Warhola on August 6th‚ 1928 in Pittsburg‚ PA. He is known as a lead figure in pop art for his visually striking prints and paintings. He was also known on the side for filmmaking‚ author‚ and for the people he associated with including celebrities‚ intellectuals and wealthy people. Andy Warhol is well known in the artist community‚ one of his paintings being sold for up to $100 million
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Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe‚ formerly known as Norma Jean Baker‚ is a historical inspiration. She was a very confident person. Her strong will always be remembered for that. She was brave going through all the obstacles she faced. She stood up for whatever she believed in and never backed down. Her contributions of being an entertainer‚ singer‚ dancer‚ model‚ actress‚ and wife lend themselves to the way she inspires people today. She had an effortless way of making people feel good about
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Marilyn Monroe a Misunderstood Icon Norma Jean Baker‚ more popularly known as Marilyn Monroe‚ was a quintessential actress‚ singer‚ model‚ and showgirl. Although famous for her Hollywood movies‚ songs and everlasting images which highlighted her signature beauty‚ there was so much more to Marilyn. She lived in an era where media only captured her physical appearance and this is how the public identified with her. The notion to see her was to know her is a false perception. In the words of Marilyn
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Andy Warhol Never before have I encountered more intriguing works of art than those done by Andy Warhol. I have been curious about his life ever since I saw his work in Milwaukee. I saw his famous work of the Campbell’s Soup Can. By viewing this‚ one can tell he is not your average artist. I’m sure his life is full of interesting events that shaped him into who he was. As an artist myself‚ I would like to get to know the background of his life. I may then be able to appreciate his styles
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with the medium of tempera on canvas‚ The Birth of Venus hangs in the Uffizi gallery in Florence Italy. This renaissance painting is huge and is 67.9 inches tall by 109.6 inches wide. Andy Warhol’s screen print Venus was done is 1984 and has been mass produced all over the country. There are many critiques and analysis for both of these pieces. Also there is a large amount of comparisons between the two‚ because they are both of the same goddess. There is a lot of historical background pertaining to
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The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli I. In the novel‚ The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe‚ I acquired much new information. Primarily‚ vocabulary was challenging and required me to read more closely. For example‚ I learned idiosyncrasy is the characteristic or manner that is peculiar to an individual. Also‚ congenital means to have a specific character by nature. In addition‚ facts about historical people were mentioned in the book. For instance‚ John F. Kennedy had birthday
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Illustrator Andy Warhol was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time‚ using both avant-garde and highly commercial sensibilities. Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream
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“ I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful” Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1‚ 1926. Her mother’s name was Gladys Baker Mortensen. Baker being the name of her other two children and Mortensen the name of her last husband who disappeared just months after their marriage in 1924. Although Edward Mortensen was Gladys’ husband at the time of Norma’s birth‚ he was not her father. No one knows for sure who her father was‚ but it was believed that it was Gladys’
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In the 1960s an art movement known as Pop Art had begun. Pop art was meant to be simple to aid the audience in creating their own interpretations of the pieces. Two of the leading artists were Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol was a fan of women‚ unlike Warhol‚ Lichtenstein was inspired by culture; their paintings are both pieces of Pop Art but they are different because Warhol’s paintings are mostly of women and Lichtenstein’s are of famous cartoon characters. The artists used different techniques
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neurological disorder‚ the young Andy Warhol found solace and escape in the form of popular celebrity magazines and DC comic books‚ imagery he would return to years later. (http://www.warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html) After graduation Andy Warhola attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University)‚ graduating in June 1949 with a degree in Pictorial Design and dropping the “a“ from his last name. On February 22‚ 1987 Andy Warhol‚ a millionaire at the age of 58
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