Andy Griffith

The name of Keith Haring needs no introduction. The American artist, often titled among the most influential figures of the 20th century art, was born in 1958 in Reading (Pennsylvania) and died in 1990 in New York. Haring started his art education at the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, later continued at the School of Visual Arts in New York (1978). There it became possible to young Haring to irreversibly transform visual arts and erase the borders between fine and street art. The…

4th period Mrs. Hall Compare and Contrast of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein Rayna Smith 4th block Pop Art Pop art came around in the 1950’s. It is an art movement that uses imagery to advertise. In the United States, artist use pop art to show response on what they feel towards a subject. In contrast, Britain used pop art more academically. Pop art used irony a great bit to show how popular the emphasizing of culture was. Andy Warhol was born August 6th, 1928.. He…

When one thinks about dirt, what comes to mind? Dirty items, like dirty shoes, shirts, and pants. The question comes up, is dirt really dirty? Take this thought, you play baseball, and you slide into home plate. When you get up, happy you scored the run, and you dust the dirt off. So now you are all dirty, or are you? Can they be such a thing as clean dirt? In our lab, we were giving two bags of dirt, one looked like dirt you would dig up from someone back yard (sample B), the second one was…

Erin Hicks Professor Daniel Quiles Art history 1002 20 April 2018 On Number One and Little Race Riot Andy Warhol is notoriously well known as one of the pioneers of pop art. His legacy continues to live on today for his ability to de-symbolize well known objects and strip them of their meaning or purpose. “He exposed and exploited a new way of being in a world of commodity-images where frame is often subsumed by celebrity, newsworthiness by notoriety, aura by glamor, and charisma by hype: a…

The title of this art piece is called Marylin Diptych. The craftsman for this piece is Andy Warhol. He made this art bit of silkscreen print, in the year 1967, for Marilyn Monroe within three or four years since she had passed away. This piece was distributed through Factory Additions, an organization he made so he can make and appropriate his prints. The original piece is presently claimed by Tate Modern. On the left side are twenty-five pictures that are printed in color while on the right…

Influence of Pop Art in Graphic Design Graphic Design during the mid 1950s and early 1960s focused on mass production, celebrities, and the expanding advertising industry of television, radio and print media. This emerging visual art movement became known quickly as Pop Art. “Pop Art was inspired by mass consumerism and popular culture. Its roots can be traced back to the late fifties, but it wasn’t until the following decade that it achieved the status of a design style (“Raimes”).” It…

Arts can be separated into different branches and Hap in the story prefers realistic art. Hap in “The Soul of Capitalism” by Robert Collins would likely appreciate Warhol’s art mentioned in “When Canada Met Andy” by Nancy Tousley on a superficial level, but not the abstract message. Hap would praise some of Warhol’s art because his work matches Hap’s definition of art. Hap loves traditional art but not modern or abstract art as he claims that “it’s not art if he can’t tell what it is” (1),…

First of all, I could instantly notice how this image is different than that of Andy Warhol’s, whose painting was clearly the inspiration for this one. From the very first glance I felt weird because I kept comparing the original painting to this one. The main thing that was odd to me was the gender swap. Instead of Marilyn Monroe’s face, you could see an old man. It made me feel quite uncomfortable, even though everything else besides that was exactly the same as the original. The painting uses…

The Modern art movement was started by many people and has had a major impact on not only on our modern lives but has also made an impact on history itself. One of the artists that helped pushed the movement was a man called Clive Bell, who believed that art should be made with aesthetic emotion and “Significant forms,” instead of Renassiance like artwork. Clive Bell was not only famous for his artwork but also for his critiquing of other artworks that were being made during his era. The ideas…

English actor, Andy Serkis is best known for his portrayal as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films Trilogy. His other notable works include The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–17). Andy Serkis is married to actress Lorraine Ashbourne. He has three children from his marriage. His net worth is $28 million. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards in his career. Andrew Clement Serkis was born on April…