balance and recover. Individuals like Alexander Hamilton‚ Eli Whitney and Ronald Reagan proved what it really means to be an American by helping grow American economy by developing financial policies and discovering more businesses. Alexander Hamilton helped American economy by developing an economical plan; Eli Whitney by inventing cotton gin and Ronald Reagan by creating financial policies to recover from the recession of 1970’s. Alexander Hamilton helped define what it means to be an American
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exploring two artefacts and discussing the relationships between them‚ considering the meanings behind them‚ the time and context. The first artefact I have chosen to explore is ‘Turquoise Marilyn’‚ which is Acrylic and Silkscreen on Linen created by Andy Warhol‚ 1964. The second artefact is ‘For the Love of God’‚ which is platinum cast of a human skull‚ studded with over 8500 diamonds‚ created by Damien Hirst‚ 2007. While I think these two artifacts offer multiple topics of interesting similarities I want
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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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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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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 a large part of his
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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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While most students dread pop quizzes‚ I truly believe that they are a fair way to test the students on their assignments they have to complete at home and their studying outside of class. Pop quizzes are also an effective way of recording progress of students and a way for a teacher to reach out to struggling students. Most students groan when they hear they are going to be given a pop quiz‚ but they often do not realize that pop quizzes are one of the best and most honest ways for tabs to be
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Imagine having your father leave your family and your mother die at the age of twelve. Imagine after all of that‚ spend years studying in the Caribbean alone and finally being sent to America. That is what happened to Alexander Hamilton. All of that time he spent reading and writing helped him in the future. He used the skills he created to make a brilliant financial system that would be used hundreds of years later. In addition to a financial system‚ Hamilton wrote most of the Federalist Papers
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part of an arm‚ hand‚ or leg by amputation? B. There are many who are held back in life due to their physical imperfections. Some people will give up on life’s adventures while others decide to make a legacy of their disabilities‚ such as Bethany Hamilton. A once normal girl from Kauai‚ Hawaii‚ now a very inflectional public speaker for amputees. II. Point 1: Bethany survived a shark attack A. she lost an arm B. she survived and stayed positive III. Point 2: Bethany competed in several
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Patrick Nagel created his own trend that was very similar to Lichtenstein’s pop art. Nagel was renowned for his neater‚ more refined take on Roy Lichtenstein’s pop art movement. Nagel’s artwork showed just how evolved art culture has become. Classical art always had the same bland take with few vibrant colors and the same subjects of still lifes‚ people exactly as they look‚ or landscapes. Nagel dared to follow the pop art movement and had no shading whatsoever and thick‚ bold lines with bright colors
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