Arundhati Roy

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27,1923, he would grow up in the Manhattan’s Upper West Side. His Father was Milton Lichtenstein and his mother was Beatrice werner Lichtenstein. When Roy was at a young age and growing up he was not really interested in art.More so he was involved in science and comic books. It was not till he hit his teen years is when he found his love for art. He attended high school at Franklin school for boys in Manhattan and graduated from there in…

Peter Sis is an illustrator, author, filmmaker, and a cartoonist. Some of Peter’s illustrations have appeared in Time, The Atlantic Monthly, and many more newspapers and magazines. His work with children’s books has been very successful. The New York Times Book Review awarded him the best illustration book of the year seven times. Peter has also won the Golden Bear Award at the 1980 West Berlin Film Festival for best-animated short. Peter Sis was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia May 11, 1949. He…

Warhol has made a huge impression on every part and element of the world of art. Alongside with Warhol, artists Roy Lichtenstein and James Rosenquist, brought the visuals and practices of mass commercialism into beautiful pieces of art. Warhol made unique styles of abstract expressionist painting in the late 60’s. While Lichtenstein used the methods of hand-painted…

When I was twelve years old, my neighbour told me the only way I’d ever be beautiful would be if I started wearing makeup. It wasn’t uncommon for me to hear this- since about the age of nine, individuals had been telling me to dress better, fix my hair, and start shopping at more fashionable stores. Makeup was simply the newest weapon they could hurl at me, the best way for them to tell me that I did not conform to their standards of beauty. They hid insults within their helpful suggestions…

Tinder is a popular social media platform that has changed the way individuals meet and interact with others. “It’s so much more than a dating app … (it’s) a powerful tool to meet people, expand your social group, meet locals when you’re traveling and find people you otherwise never would have me,” (Tinder, 2016). However, the app has primarily been used to find a romantic relationship. This shift in intention raises the question of whether these relationships are lasting, as well as the effect…

Introduction My parents were going through a divorce/separation, and I was placed in the very middle of it all. This paper will be about the experience as a whole from start to finish. They had been having marriage problems since before me and my youngest sister were born. That was the reason they had two more kids. I was officially brought into the light about everything when I was in the seventh grade, thanks to my father. This whole experience has left many physical, mental, and emotional…

period, the Dutch artist Pieter Claesz painted a vanitas still life, oil on canvas artwork called “Vanitas Still-Life” in 1630 which sizes 39.5 x 56 cm. Furthermore a while later in the contemporary period- the pop art movement, the American artist Roy Lichtenstein had painted a pop art still life, oil and Magna on canvas artwork called “Still…

Two of the most unique and influential new art movements of the twentieth century were pop art and abstract expressionism. While they both emerged roughly ten years apart, in the 1950’s and the 1940’s respectively; on the surface they’re two vastly different though, in reality they are more alike than they may seem. Abstract expressionism is what most would think of when they hear the words “abstract art.” When you first look at a work of abstract expressionism there seems to be no…

Lear see’s himself as man above those around him, his understanding of life and of nature give him justification to act as he pleases, he is the king. He has a sense of patriarchy and possession over every character in the play. During his rant, Lear revokes his kinship with Cordelia by stating that he no longer claims ownership over her blood. This applies a strong sense of ascendency and control; not only does he see her as his property, he simply discards of her and her legitimacy as he…

Rayna Smith Art 1 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…