Andy Warhol was born August 6th 1928. In third grade‚ Warhol had Sydenham’s chorea‚ the nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities‚ which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever which causes skin pigmentation blotchiness. However this did not affect his life significantly. As a teenager‚ Warhol graduated from Schenley High School in 1945. After graduating from high school‚ his intentions were to study art education at the University of Pittsburgh in the
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POP ART AND ANDY WARHOL PRESENTATION Benjamin Dyer Arts/125 June 29‚2015 Marianne Murawski What is Pop Art ? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Pop Art as An art form in which common objects such as road signs‚ hamburgers‚ comic strips‚ or soup cans are used as subject matter and are often physically incorporated in the work A. Warhol Biography Overview Born: Aug. 6‚ 1928 Died: Feb. 22‚ 1987 Was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960’s Pop
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modernist art and high culture..." (Stokstad 1101) Pop artists were not the first to make cultural statements with their work‚ however controversial art always draws criticism and attention. One of the most well known artists of the Pop movement was Andy Warhol‚ a young commerial illustrator from manhattan. Warhol’s use of popular icons and brands as the focus of his art is what made him famous. The Warhol painting I will be analyzing is Gold Marilyn Monroe. As an artist‚ Warhol used techniques that
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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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Preliminary half yealy exam‚ question 3: Compare and contrast bodies of work by 2 artists you have studied. In your discussion address the significance of intentions to their practice. JACKSON POLLOCK AND ANDY WARHOL Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol were American based artists during the same period; the 1940s‚ 50s‚ and 60s. Almost every aspect of their art is antonymous and extremely different‚ from their art practice‚ to the meaning they constructed in their works‚ to the audience and world they
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A Formal Analysis of Statue of Liberty by Andy Warhol Andy Warhol created his painting Statue of Liberty in 1962. The painting’s subject is‚ obviously‚ the Statue of Liberty‚ repeated twelve times in a 4 by 3 matrix. The painting belongs to the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania; however it is being auctioned on November 14th at Christie’s in New York. It is rather large at 80 by 61 inches. To be able to see the entirety of the painting‚ one must stand back several feet. The image
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A2 Art Essay: Why was the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein immediately popular in the 1960’s? Roy Lichtenstein rapidly became popular in the 1960’s with his very original pop art pieces which he based many on comic strips‚ advertisements or newspapers. These tended to be the main inspiration for his work; this is because the subjects would tend to be exceedingly emotional and melodramatic. He became an idol to the American culture by adding in comic book characters which were very
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Chinese Culture Club Xiang Bao Activity- May 30‚ 2014 Hello everyone‚ and thank you for coming today. I start this meeting at ____. Motion. Second. II. Explain activity a. today we are going to be making scented sachets‚ or Xiang Bao in cele bration of the Dragon Boat festival which is on June 2nd. Also‚ for those of you who are I. here for the extra credit‚ you must stay for the entire activity and show Mrs.Hung your finished product before you leave b. So that you are all familiar
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fdgdfglkfngkfdg There were two great things Andy did for this friends and other inmates in prison that I think meant alot for them. Even if it only was for a second‚ he gave them the feeling that they weren’t in prison. All locked up. He got beer for his friends when they worked at the roof. But even bigger.. even though he knew he would get in trouble for it‚ he locked himself in and played one opera song over the loud speakers. Even if it only was for a couple of minutes every man inside of
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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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