For my History Day topic‚ I chose Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol seemed to be a good topic because I have had an interest for pop art for a long time. Andy Warhol is one of the biggest‚ most popular icons from the pop art movement. This movement started the 1950s in the United States and Great Britain. Warhol led the pop art movement and was always on the cutting edge of art‚ music‚ and popular culture. During the course of his career he produced paintings‚ films‚ commercials‚ print ads and many other
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Wanted Dead Part One Andy Warhol‚ was the creative mind that created pop art. Andy Warhol is a Polish American artist that lived during the twentieth century. Mr. Warhol’s paintings focused on the mass production of commercial goods‚ as well as under minded the supposed value of art based on the uniqueness of the work. The thing that I enjoy the most about his works is the way that he incorporates silkscreen in order to produce multiples of a single image yet still manages to make each one different
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He is regarded as one of the Kings of pop‚ no not Michael Jackson‚ but Andy Warhol. Warhol was an american pop artist who played an important role in the Pop Art movement‚ and left an impact on the art world. During his time‚ there was a rise in advertising‚ designing‚ and branding. Warhol took notice‚ and decided to make art that reflected the culture of mass consumption. He was producing pieces that allowed people to question what is art‚ and also begin reflecting. In the video‚ Sal Khan‚ and Steven
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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 as
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The painting done by Andy Warhol called Marilyn Diptych was the third most influential piece of modern art according to an article in The Guardian (Warhol).The canvas was based on a publicity photo of Marilyn Monroe from the film Niagara. Furthermore‚ Warhol took the one picture and spread it across a two sided canvas as fifty smaller images. On one side there were twenty-five images expressed with bright colors. Likewise‚ on the other side there were twenty-five pictures conveyed in black and white
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Andy Warhol - Mini Bio 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 aesthetics. Warhol died on February 22‚ 1987‚ in New York City. QUOTES "I’d prefer to remain a mystery. I never
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With Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato) Andy Warhol takes as his subject a ubiquitous staple food found in millions of American homes and turns it into high art. With the unique candor he displayed in the best of his early Pop art works he appropriates the curved lines and iconic graphic imagery of a tin of canned soup and re-examines them in the context of their pure visual qualities. Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans transformed him into an overnight sensation when they were first exhibited in Los
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Robert Tracy April 28‚ 2009 Flowers‚ 1967‚ by Andy Warhol The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art showcases the finest examples of painting‚ sculpture and other impressive work by some of the world’s most influential and renowned artists. The current exhibition of Classic Contemporary: Lichtensein‚ Warhol and Friends is an exhibit that features important paintings and sculpture by major contemporary artists‚ primarily from the 1960s and ‘70s. Andy Warhol was at the forefront of the Pop Art movement;
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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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its opportunity‚ and just as with any nation‚ there is an ‘American identity’. Numerous impacting events and influential people‚ such as Andy Warhol‚ Sally Ride‚ and Helen Keller‚ have created this identity. The American identity is defined as a change of perspective‚ rallying for equality‚ and persevering to accomplish unimaginable results. Although Andy Warhol is viewed today as a large icon of pop culture‚ he had a difficult start in life. He was born in August of 1928 as Andrew Warhola‚ and spent
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