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exist. Consumerism was essential to Pop Art Movement as it gave meaning behind works that would have no significant value such as Andy Warhol’s Soup Can series which without consumerism would just be soup cans with…

thought it was very interesting to see the old jail that was used in the 1800s. Striker went on to tell us that the jail was home to the sheriff where him, his family, and inmates stayed. This reminded me greatly of one of my favorite old T.V. shows, The Andy Griffith Show. We walked over to the new jail that is currently used and met with the chief deputy who took us on our tour. Unlike the HCJ, we were able to see where families come and talk to their loved ones through a telephone and a…

Elliot Erwitt is a famous photographer today with many well known pictures, some of war times, beaches, children, hands, and dogs. He was born in France with Russian émigré parents in 1928, where he spent a good portion of his childhood in Italy. His family started getting closer and closer to move to the United States in 1939, where he eventually settled in New York for two years and then moved again to Los Angeles. Erwitt got to New York City with the help of the United States Army in the…

The 19th century American potter George Ohr (1857-1918) is an important ceramic artist associated with the American Arts and Crafts movement. With an emphasis on emotion, gesture and pure form, Ohr’s idiosyncratic clay vessels forecast Abstract Expressionist sculpture. His passionate personal, individual vision and rebellious, theatrical persona distinguish him as one of America’s most original and eccentric artists. Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to a blacksmith and learned the potter’s…

The printmaker, painter, cinema, and photographer Andrew Warhol was born August 6, 1928 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also known as the “Pope of Pop.” Andy had his own signature style. People were attracted to Andy Warhol because he was so original in what he did as a artist, Warhol used hand drawings, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, various colors, sculpture, and music. Andy’s works reached out to the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and…

learned a lot about the artwork there. After that trip, I just had to get more. Next we went to Pittsburgh to see the artwork down there. Eventually, the Andy Warhol Museum caught our eyes.…

the 1950s. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, it had spread to the United States (“Pop Art…”). Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, among many others, were some of the most important and influential pop artists. Their artwork became very famous and to this day, it continues to be known throughout countries. The style of pop art was very different compared to the art styles and techniques of the past. Andy Warhol is known for his artwork, “Campbell’s Soup Cans.” He created this artwork in 1962…

The United States saw the Pop art movement start in New York during the mid-1950s. It started with four main artists, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenguist, and Claes Oldenburg. Pop art was one of the biggest art styles to emerge from the Mid Modern era and to influence a lot of other artists of the era. The subject matter of this movement was far from traditional, they drew upon popular images and reintroduced these images with their own twists to them, they wanted to celebrate people…

Modernism in art, in conventional sense, is defined as art from the late 1860s through the 1960s, which examines current (then) artistic, cultural, and social standards. The most common of these being the task that artists face in creating works of that abandons any form of illusionism. By the 1950s through the 1960s, modernism in art was challenged through the ever expanding growth of art reproduction, the art market, galleries and art dealers, and the development of fine art education in…

Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the 1950’s. Pop art came out in Britain and The United States culture. The origin of the name “Pop art” is unknown but it’s often credited to a British art critic named “Lawrence Alloway”. In Lawrence Alloway’s essay titled “The Arts and Mass Media”, even though he would not exactly use the words “Pop” and “Art”, he was one of the high level critics to approve Pop Art as a legitimate art form. Characterized by bold, simple and everyday imagery and…