Andy Warhol Best-known for his silk-screened photographs of Marilyn Monroe‚ Jacqueline Kennedy‚ Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley‚ Andy Warhol accustomed artists and critics worldwide to use the art of borrowed imagery. Replicating previous artwork from decades before him‚ Andy Warhol became the founding father of appropriation‚ that has now become a symbol of postmodernism‚ and an artistic approach for an era in which concepts of innovation and authorship are thoroughly questioned. This theory
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December‚ 2015 In America‚ the 1920’s were a time of great social‚ cultural‚ and political change. Many people no longer lived on farms and were moving to the cities. The wealth of the nation had almost doubled in this decade. The consumer economy was booming and the market was flourishing. It was the time of the “Jazz Age‚” a change in social thinking‚ and women began to see more equality; to name a few. Freedom began to flourish and people had begun to do what they want. The morals and upbringing
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World War. Prior to the 1950s there had been decades of activity regarding racial equality in the forms of skirmishes‚ but most protests was chaotic. The movement became more organized following the war as other aspects of American culture changed too. Negroes became more organized under influential leaders‚ and civil rights groups such as the NAACP‚ CORE‚ the MFDP‚ and the SLCC gained stronger footholds. Negroes had already been pushing for civil rights before the 1950s‚ but they’re efforts were
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originally a musical play write in 1971‚ was brought to the big screen in 1978 by producers Robert Stigwood and Allen Carr. Set to reflect the 1950’s era‚ “Grease” explores real life situations that several high school students during this time period were faced with – developing relationships‚ teen pregnancy‚ bullying‚ and peer pressure‚ drinking and gang violence. The use of unrealistic song and dance outbursts to portray the character’s emotions and views of life was a way to add comedic relief to real
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The Civil Rights Movement in the1950s throughout the 1960s was a tremendous era that showed the struggle African-Americans went through to achieve their civil rights. Giving them equal rights an opportunity to those of whites: employment‚ housing‚ and education‚ voting‚ and access to public facilities. In 1954 the Supreme Court made the decision declaring separate facilities by race to be unconstitutional. After this law was made‚ nine black students enrolled into the formerly all-white Central
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History Research Paper The 1920’s had enormous potential for the U.S‚ America was the world’s superpower‚ American’s had luxurious houses‚ cars and high standards of living. Although the U.S gained a lot of prosperity in this year‚ there was still remaining problems like inequality that steamed from the past. The 1920’s was a dramatic and radical change to American life and even more dramatic change for women. Women have tried to gain freedom‚ independence and equality of man since man put labels
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pieces‚ sports‚ and war. It also gave the public explanations of chaotic and upsetting events. Radio was a method for relaying threats of war and chaos that could have a major impact on the masses. Through radio broadcasting‚ political leaders and military officials could efficiently update the people of America with the most up-to-date news. Prior to radio’s golden age in the 1930s‚ it was slowly but surely coming alive once the National Broadcasting Company became the first radio broadcast network
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The first speaker ever created was known as the dynamic loudspeaker. It was created in the 1920’s by Edward Kellogg and Chester Rice. The loudspeaker produces a magnetic field which then causes a coil or magnet to move. The coil or magnet is connected to the diaphragm. There are more speakers than just the horn‚ such as‚ such as‚ electrodynamic loudspeaker‚ flat panel - planar‚ electrostatic‚ multi-cell diaphragm and piezoelectric. Speakers are used to produce sound. Sound is an energy which is
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Stephanie Carrasco 1950 * Credit Cards were introduced‚ affected society & are still used to this day by many people who have become dependent on them * Korean War Began affected the United States because of its unsuccessfulness‚ it cost many lives and billions of dollars‚ stopped communism 1951 * Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan ended World War II‚ U.S had more influence over pacific rim 1952 * Seat Belts for Cars introduced prevented more accidents
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modern society that let the information could be spread much more easily. The current trend of copyright is pretty strict‚ which forbids people gather information from books or internet unless they paid for it. However‚ the opposite opinion exists‚ which is The Commons that believes the knowledge belongs to all humanity to inspire innovation that has not been created. Marilyn Diptych Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/pop/a/warhol-marilyn-diptych Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych
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