For my History Day topic‚ I chose Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol seemed to be a good topic because I have had an interest for pop art for a long time. Andy Warhol is one of the biggest‚ most popular icons from the pop art movement. This movement started the 1950s in the United States and Great Britain. Warhol led the pop art movement and was always on the cutting edge of art‚ music‚ and popular culture. During the course of his career he produced paintings‚ films‚ commercials‚ print ads and many other
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One page “Choose a work of art or design that you consider to be significant. Imagine that the work had never been made. How would the world be worse off (or better off) without it?”.”. I consider Robert Indiana’s LOVE to be very significant and cannot imagine a world without it. The 1960s‚ Pop art movement in New York would have not had the same impulse without Robert Indiana’s LOVE and the world would be worse off without it. Abstract Expressionism‚ subconscious creation on large canvases‚ would
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produced easier‚ quicker and in much higher quantity. The mentality of this generation would say "Why spend the time and resources to produce a chair that will last 100 years‚ when you’re going to be sick of looking at it in a year?" The brains of this movement wanted to forget the extra nonsense‚ and the unpredictability of a personal craftsman. They figured out how to do it in a fraction of the time and cost if we use simple‚ smooth‚ uniform surfaces. By the middle of the 1800’s‚ the industrial revolution
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abstract expressionist that although he did not identify himself with a specific movement‚ his vast paintings‚ drawings and works on paper‚ sculptures etc. reflect his inclinations. His early art works consisted of tools and other objects that he began to draw and attach to his canvases‚ these providing him commercial success as well as criticisms‚ enabling him to develop his career further and reflect the modern art movement which was widely increasing in popularity at the time. This first example
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Impressionism is an art-related movement which originated from Paris in the 1874 by a group of painters. The movement originated from the ideas of a group of Paris based painters who displayed their talent through exhibitions and other artistic programs. Impressionism was also subject to criticism by other French artistic communities. Many women impressionists were also involved in artistic work (Bondil 2012). These are as follows Berth Morisot Berth Morisot was a female impressionist painter. She
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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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1 INTRODUCTION The Arts and Crafts Movement began in the last decades of the 19th century. It was developed by the ideas and views of William Morris who was inspired by John Ruskin. William Morris was a dynamic and multi-talented man. His name is “indissolubly linked to wallpaper design” (William Morris & Wallpaper Design‚ [sa]). All his designs were made by hand and not machines because Morris believed that “the tastelessness of mass-produced goods and the lack of honest craftsmanship might be
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In the early twentieth century‚ an incredible artistic movement occurred that prompted an aesthetic reform for American living. The movement was known as Arts and Crafts. A mix of progressives consisting of designers‚ architects‚ and artists promoted simplified architectural style‚ handicraft production‚ and wholesome environments. The following essay will examine the many social and economic influences that shaped the new housing developments as well as what effects the ‘modern’ bungalow style housing
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Cultural amalgamation which describes not only about race and culture apart from that it also focuses on intexuality on language and indigenous and international cultures. Cultural amalgamation happened when two cultures mix to for a new culture. Cosmopolitanism which involves unpacking the two entangled concepts‚ universality and personal experience equally recounts with African American literature Introduction African American poetry and cosmopolitanism
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arched gare and the gatehouse building. And the main feature is the central park bridges designed by calvert vaux. It was constructed by the two brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene. It was designed originally as a winter residence for
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