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    “Andrew‚ Drew‚ or Andy?”  I hear that question everywhere I go.  At birth I was given the name Andrew Garby‚ but people call me a variety of names.  Most people refer to me as “Andrew” or “Drew”‚ but I have some call me “Andy” because I find it funny when people fight over what I want to be called.  Truthfully‚ I never really thought that a name could reflect who a person is; so which name or names really fit me the best: Andrew‚ Drew‚ or Andy? According to babynames.com‚ the name “Andrew” means

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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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    The discussion of the theme of martyrdom and redemption through suffering in modern poetic dramas requires an investigation of the origin and the roots of martyrdom from earlier times. A historical perspective on the cosmological theme of birth and renewal is quite useful in this respect because the concept of martyrdom and sacrifice is as important in the pagan creed as it is in the recognized established human religions as Christianity and Islam. Drama and religious rituals went hand in hand in

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    Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in 1928 as Andrew Warhola. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology before moving to New York where his first big break‚ occurring in August 1949‚ took place. Glamour Magazine had asked him to illustrate an article called “Success is a Job in New York”. He had dropped the ‘a’ in his last name when the credit mistakenly read “Drawings by Andy Warhol.” By 1955‚ Andy Warhol had almost all of New York copying his work.

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    Maple Street” and “ The Andy Griffith Show” are alike and different. They both are paranoid and suspicious. They both have a problem with some type of alien phenomenon.They are different because in “ The Monsters are due on Maple Street” they want to find out who in the town is helping the aliens.They are also different because on “The Andy Griffith Show” they want to find out who the new person in town is and if he is an alien.”The Monsters are due on Maple Street” and “The Andy Griffith Show” are

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    Dawson street. Andy first painting was in 1937. As time has pass Andy as a little kid was sick and had to fight for life. In this case Andy had to withdraw school because he was sick. in June 9 1949 Andy moved to New york and began his carreer there. He was a magazine illustartion and advertising. In the 1950’s warhol was an early adapter of the silk screen printmaking process as a technique for making paintings. He gained fame for his whimsical ink drawings of shoe advertisment. Warhol work both

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    Andy Warhol Research- Art

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    Andy Warhol- Research Artist Andy Warhol was heavy handed in his use of repetition and color. He used these elements in many of his screen printed creations. This print of Marilyn Monroe‚ first produced in 1967‚ has become an iconic image often replicated and referenced in the media. Altering colors overlaying the same contoured image is a style now commonly seen. More than twenty years after his death‚ Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s

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    Eight Elvises Following the times of the middle 1950’s Abstract Expressionism sparked an interest for Andy Warhol‚ and during the 60’s Andy‚ and Roy Lichtenstein created a new realism of America. This new realism was called Pop Art which expressed daily life in America as it was being lived. Warhol was born in 1928 as Andy Warhola‚ he grew up with a curiosity in commercials‚ and after a very successful life he became the main figure associated with Pop Art. His art is some of the most well known

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    leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career of a commercial illustrator they made a museum called The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania where he was born. In Warhol’s art he had used many types of arts such as; hand drawing‚ painting‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ silk screening‚ sculpting‚ film and music. Andy Warhol’s was also known for being gay and he was very open about it‚ The Factory which was the name of his studio was a place that brought together

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    Being a part of a gang meant to have pride‚ at least that is what Andy presumes. Andy‚ a member of the Royals‚ a notorious street gang‚ has been stabbed in an alley by a rival gang‚ the Guardians. Despite this act in Evan Hunter’s “On the Sidewalk‚ Bleeding”‚ Andy proves he is not frightened at the thought of death. Instead is only filled with an overwhelming sadness that his life is coming to a short end. Throughout the novel‚ Andy shows himself as a hopeless‚ regretful‚ loving and depressed person

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