When we examine three paintings from the American Abstraction and Pop Art style we can see the impact of media and process on style and meaning. Jackson Pollock’s “Blue Poles”‚1952 is an action painting from the Abstract Expressionism movement which could be showing what was happening in America in the 1950’s. Mark Rothko in “Number 10” wanted to involve the viewer in experiencing basic human emotions. Roy Litchenstein’s “Hopeless” was trying to create relatable futuristic images that make fun of
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Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the art movement‚ his Pop Art. Andy Warhol was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child of Ondrej Warhola and Julia. His parents were emigrants. Warhol’s father immigrated to the United States in 1944‚ and his mother joined him in 1921‚ after death of Warhol’s grandparents Warhol’s father worked in a coal mine. When Andy was a teenager‚ Warhol
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Popular culture and Popular art. Contextual Studies 19 August 2013 “An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” - Andy Warhol But is it art? The popularised adage to the interrogation of much of today’s conceptual art seems most appropriate in assessing the body of art that Andy Warhol is most famous for. In a sense‚ the perpetual question was born out of a similar dissatisfaction that characterised
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Pop Art 1950-1960 4 Characteristics((: * Recognizable imagery‚ drawn from popular media and products * Usually very bright colors. * Flat imagery influenced by comic book and newspaper photographs * Characters in comic book and magazines Artists of this time * Andy Warhol Major developments of this time * Credit card (1950) * Car seat belts (1952) * Polio vaccine (1952) Abstract Expressionism 1940-1960 4 Characteristics((: * Unconventional application of
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What is Pop culture? Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images and other phenomena that are preferred by an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture. Heavily influenced by mass media‚ this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society. Although terms popular culture and pop culture are in some cases used interchangeably‚ and their meanings partially overlap‚ the term "pop"‚ which dates from the late 1950s‚ belongs to
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artist whose deliberately provocative art addresses vanitas and beauty‚ death and rebirth‚ and medicine‚ technology‚ and mortality. Considered an enfant terrible of the 1990s art world‚ Hirst presented dead animals in formaldehyde as art. Like the French artist Marcel Duchamp‚ Hirst employed ready-made objects to shocking effect‚ and in the process he questioned the very nature of art. In 1995 he won Tate Britain’s Great Britain’s premier award for contemporary art. Pieces: ‘Capaneus’ 2012 by Damien
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The Arts People’s life can’t be imagined without arts. They are not only entertainment for us‚ but also the way of expressing our thoughts and exchanging them through time and space. As the thoughts are often different‚ the art is so varied. So every nation has its own art with specific features. I wish to speak about British arts. In fact the position of the arts in Britain may be described as a mixture of public apathy and private enthusiasm. The reason of it is that government financial support
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Arts & Culture Sector Introduction to Leisure International Leisure Management Stenden University Nina Seepers 213365 Declaration 1. This work has been composed by me‚ Nina Seepers. 2. This work has not been accepted in any previous application for a degree or diploma by me or anyone else. 3. This work of which this is a record is done wholly by me‚ Nina Seepers 4. All verbatim extracts have been distinguished by quotation marks and the sources of our information have been specifically
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l How Pop Culture Affects Teens Popular culture is all around us and it influences many teens across the world. Teenagers are affected by pop culture in almost every aspect of life whether it is music‚ media‚ celebrities‚ fashion‚ and even literature. These kinds of things have become top priority for teenagers of today’s world. They have surrounded themselves by it and have grown to love‚ even worship pop culture. Our main objective is to raise awareness to the significance of popular culture
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influential art critic of the twenty-first century. Greenberg’s intensely influential focus was on the notion of “formal purity” and how that affected the work itself in a painting just being a painting and “orientating itself to flatness” as modernist paintings had. Additionally‚ Clement Greenberg found interest in Abstract Expressionism and how Greenberg’s strictly outlined theories on art would inspire artists of the Minimalist and Pop Art movements to respond in kind with their own art as a rebuttal
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