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All through Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), the use of the well known catholic symbols are used for protection from the anti-Christ. Catholic symbols like the rosary, the cross, prayer ritual, and the Holy Communion Host are used for protection to overcoming the evil Count Dracula. Stoker places Catholic symbols to defend and fight the evil of Count Dracula. From the beginning of Dracula, these symbols are used to say that Protestant modernity alone will not get you through life’s struggles.…

a different time period than the first piece. Although these two masterpieces were found, most of the byzantine art work did not survive. Pieces like these were opposed by religious and imperial authorities. It was the destruction of religious icons. It was believed by Christians that these types of art were offensive and went against the second…

An icon is a symbol that is permanently significant, timeless, easily recognized, cultural significance, an artifact (human made), and not a celebrity (icon picture of a celebrity). One icons that fits this category is Mickey Mouse’s silhouette because when we look at Mickey it’s one big circle for the head and two smaller circles for the ears that we can easily identify it as Mickey Mouse. Another icon that fits the categories is the photo of Firefighters at Ground Zero. The is taken after the…

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, 1928.. He…

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…

Modern Art and Modern Fame Pop art, the product of fame and modern art, was created by Andy Warhol. Warhol’s early explorations in art was a result of catching chorea, making him bedridden for extended periods of time. His mother, another artist, taught him how to draw. His career was filled with ups and down, but this gave way to the birth of pop art. Influenced by the lesser known British artist who invented the start of pop art, Warhol made an Americanized version of pop art. Warhol used art…

Andrew Warhola or famously known as Andy Warhol was one of the most popular painter, printmaker, and filmmaker of his time. Andy’s art was mostly directed towards the pop culture public. People who really took interest in his art were Hollywood’s famous actors and actresses. Also people of modern ideas and innovators really sprung towards his style. He grew up in a very religious family that spent most of their time in church. His parents were Slovakian immigrants and Andy was the youngest of…

Soup Cans was created in 1962. This renowned American Pop Artist, known for his repeating reproductions and gaudy colors, produced this piece using the printmaking method. Warhol didn’t want his paintings of mass-produced commercial goods to be conceptually stimulating. He wanted to make his work relatable so that viewers could approach them and have a clear interpretation. Warhol replicated the appearance of manufactured objects and famous icons for the sake of expressing his view of modern…

Andrew Warhola, otherwise widely known as Andy Warhol was a pop artist during the early 1950’s up to the late 1980’s. He created works like Campbell’s Soup Cans, Shot Diptych and Green Coca-Cola Bottles. This research essay will explore the life of the artist Warhol himself, while also looking at how he influenced pop art and how that came to be. A single painting of his will we examined, that painting being the Green Coca-Cola Bottles. The details like when, where and what media was used will…

Andy Warhol was a successful ad and magazine illustrator who became a leading artist of the pop art movement in the 1960’s. Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was always a very quiet and people thought of him as an introvert. Throughout his lifetime, he went into a wide variety of performing arts, including filmmaking, video installation, and writing. He also controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Andy Warhol died at the age…