Pop art is a very eclectic, fun period of art that started in Britain in the 1950’s and became extremely popular in the 1960’s, in cities such as New York. The pop art movement became popular very quickly because of how pop art artists used and glorified well-known items into art. During the 1950’s and 60’s television became very popular, people experienced movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe, and items such as food and house hold items, etc. Pop artists, like Andy Warhol, used bold primary colors and methods such as silk screening to create works of art that presented realism, common imagery, and much irony. Andy Warhol was born August 8,1928 and he passed away November 22,1987. He is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The collection of portfolios doesn’t have a real title but the photos are of Marilyn Monroe, which is found on page 63(figure 3.18). The Dimension is 36” by 36” for each picture of Marilyn. A silkscreen work of art is, where you take white paper and have a photographic process, or using photographs that uses chemicals to keep certain colors out of areas where you don’t want the ink to go. Warhol created the portrait in 1967. When presenting these ten silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe, you will notice that Andy Warhol used many bold and brilliant colors, perhaps to bring her back to life through art. Within the portrait there are many different color shift and shadow for each picture. In my own opinion, from what I know of Marilyn Monroe, she rose to stardom very quickly making several movies, one right after another during her productive years. Andy Warhol may have used the repetitiveness of the silkscreens that were all the same photo to show that because of her beauty she was portrayed in her movies as being the same type of character in every movie she made. I also think that Andy Warhol used the vibrant colors and different shades for each silkscreen, to show that even after she had died, she will always be remembered as a very beautiful and vibrant person. The portrait is currently Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City: although currently the
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The collection of portfolios doesn’t have a real title but the photos are of Marilyn Monroe, which is found on page 63(figure 3.18). The Dimension is 36” by 36” for each picture of Marilyn. A silkscreen work of art is, where you take white paper and have a photographic process, or using photographs that uses chemicals to keep certain colors out of areas where you don’t want the ink to go. Warhol created the portrait in 1967. When presenting these ten silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe, you will notice that Andy Warhol used many bold and brilliant colors, perhaps to bring her back to life through art. Within the portrait there are many different color shift and shadow for each picture. In my own opinion, from what I know of Marilyn Monroe, she rose to stardom very quickly making several movies, one right after another during her productive years. Andy Warhol may have used the repetitiveness of the silkscreens that were all the same photo to show that because of her beauty she was portrayed in her movies as being the same type of character in every movie she made. I also think that Andy Warhol used the vibrant colors and different shades for each silkscreen, to show that even after she had died, she will always be remembered as a very beautiful and vibrant person. The portrait is currently Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City: although currently the