Andy Warhol’s 1985 painting‚ Apple‚ certainly caught my eyes as I was browsing his exhibit in the Blanton Museum of Art. The painting was a simple Apple logo decorated with a rainbow-like array of colors in between parallel lines that ran across the logo. These lines existed even outside the logo‚ except in a different color‚ yet stayed in stripes similar to how the lines on a sheet of notebook paper are. However‚ the most alluring part was how the lines and the “Macintosh” in the painting looked
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Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola) was one of the most well known and influential artists of the late 20th century. Warhol moved from his birthplace of Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania to New York and worked as a commercial artist for many magazines including Vogue‚ Harper’s Bazaar‚ and the New Yorker. He also did window displays and advertisements for retail stores. His first profitable job was illustrating an article in Glamour magazine titled "Success is a Job in New York" (Andy Warhol: Biography). In
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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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Warhol created his pieces by discovering what was popular‚ what stood out in modern art‚ and also something with standard American values. Warhol also took everyday objects and turned them into pop art sensations. He realized that the majority of the United States went food shopping and decided to create a line of supermarket products. This line of Warhol’s included the very popular Brillo boxes‚ price tags‚ the banana‚ and Coca-Cola bottles (Wrbican). His creation of Coca Cola Bottles in 1962 became
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Andy Warhol was a legendary pop artist known for transforming every day objects into iconic images of the times. At the time‚ he used a factory-like production line for his silkscreen paintings. His factory became a magnet for the hippest‚ most innovative artists of the day to experiment and develop new designs. At First Factory‚ we used Warhol’s original factory as an inspiration for our business model and company culture. We are not just another development team. Instead‚ you can expect the latest
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Andy Warhol: Pop Politics Andy Warhol -- one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century -- captured the likeness of some of the most visionary and powerful political leaders of the 20th century. Images of John F. Kennedy‚ Jimmy Carter‚ Ronald Reagan‚ Queen Elizabeth II‚ and Mao Zedong‚ among others will hang side-by-side when the Currier Museum of Art presents Andy Warhol: Pop Politics from September 27‚ 2008 through January 4‚ 2009. Pop Politics displays together for
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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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Pop art is a movement that started in the United States in the 1950’s. It’s a movement that uses imagery‚ mass media‚ popular culture‚ and themes of advertising. Pop art includes real things or people and also uses includes comic books. The early artist in the United States was Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. The most praised pop art artists was Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ New York. Andy was the youngest child‚ being the third born
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literature deal wish close relationships.” In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ the two protagonists have a close relationship. George Milton and Lennie Small are two migrant workers who travel around Salinas Valley‚ California‚ in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Unquestionably‚ George and Lennie affect each other in both positive and negative ways. George Milton and Lennie Small are the two main characters who share a strong bond throughout the novel. George Milton is a responsible
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Luke Klingler Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe print to everybody has a different meaning. To some it can be a work of art‚ a true masterpiece‚ but to others it can be seen as simply just a painting. To me at first I saw simply just a painting‚ I did not see it as anything special but when I started toying with the colors and hues and saturations I began to see different things. It was necessarily the picture itself but different colors reminded me of different experiences throughout my
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