Pop Art vs. Abstract Expressionism • Characteristics of Abstract Expressionist Paintings-optical buzz‚ all-over composition‚ Matisse sometimes painted images on large canvases‚ as did Picasso but paintings still retained an object like character- the viewer needed to stand back to see the complete composition. Abstract expressionist paintings‚ on the other hand‚ draw the spectator into them. The field of vision is thus larger than the field of vision of the spectator‚ who finds himself in a world
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life and works of Andy Warhol‚ it is established that he changed the world we live in. Through the use of paintings‚ sculptures‚ drawings‚ and films‚ Warhol transformed the standard of modern art by making his artworks more vibrant and energetic. His nonconforming style had attracted much of society‚ which included many celebrities. Using many techniques‚ such as repetition and color placement‚ Warhol brought his views on materialism‚ politics‚ economics‚ and the media to the art world. As a great influence
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ANDY WARHOL 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. Andy Warhol’s parents were Slovakian immigrants. His father‚ Ondrej Warhola‚ was a construction worker‚ while his mother‚ Julia Warhola‚ was an embroiderer. The family lived at 55 Beleen Street and later at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighbourhood of Pittsburgh. They were devout Byzantine Catholics and
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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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American Art Before and After World War II Melissa Kirkland ARTS/125 August 10‚ 2015 DOROTHEA LANGE • American photographer. • From 1914 to 1917 she attended the New York Training School for Teachers and there decided to become a photographer‚ partly influenced by visits to the photographer Arnold Genthe. • From 1917 to 1918 she attended a photography course run by Clarence H. White at Columbia University‚ NY. “Migrant “White Angel Breadline” Mother” WALKER EVANS • American Photographer and
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country music‚ folk‚ classical‚ pop music and others. But the most youth oriented kind of music is pop music. Today‚ Pop music is relatively clear medium of communication of youth to its pears and surroundings. Older generations and youngsters may sometimes established conflicts with this type of music. They sometimes call it generation gap‚ but it’s not. It’s just a matter of familiarity and preference. Pop music is not necessarily a taboo for the old generation. They love pop music too. Endurance of loud
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression‚ celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. Andy Warhol was born on 6th August 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He is known for his pop art and his work focuses of the crossover between celebrity‚ advertising and artistic expression. He worked with many forms of media‚ including: painting‚
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Pop Art came to fruition at the wake of the Second World War eventually peaking at the prime of capitalism; the movement was distinguished by their portrayal of any and all characteristics of popular culture that had a powerful influence on contemporary society. Themes of consumerism such as advertisements‚ comic strips‚ film stars and products led to the blurring of boundaries between higher and lower cultures of that era‚ through the use of these received notions‚ pop art became a western sociological
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pop art research Andy Warhol: Warhol was an US painter‚ film-maker and author‚ and a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. His parents had emigrated to the USA from Ruthenia‚ a region now in the Slovak Republic. Between 1945 and 1949 Warhol studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1949‚ he moved to New York and changed his name to Warhol. He worked as a commercial artist for magazines and also designed advertising and window displays
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He often changed his date of birth to « add mystery » but most people believe that he was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. {Andy Warhol Pop art painter‚ Susan Goldman Rubin} His art reflected the rapidly changing American culture. When he was young‚ he was obsessed with fame‚ glamour‚ Hollywood stars‚ movies and painting. As he grew older‚ he transformed his obsessions into art and started his
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