... He used this display of minimalism to make the item "slightly suggestive,"" causing people to stop and look. Warhol used this concept in the sense that his series of Campbell's Soup cans were on individual canvases. This resulted in having the onlooker stop and absorb the paintings in a similar fashion that passers by stopped for Gleveco's store front displays. In addition ... , the concept of producing his Campbell's Soup cans on individual canvases conveyed a sense of minimalism, a theory from modernism ("Postmodern: From Elite to Mass Culture-, p. 36). Another point of postmodernism, ...

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... that Warhol was a Pop artist, he did his art on objects that were popular to the public of everyday living. Warhol had subjects like Campbell's soup cans, Brillo soap pads, dollar bills, and Coca Cola bottles. He had portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jackie Kennedy. "When ... a interviewer asked him why he started painting these cans [soup cans], Warhol gave a typical but not very enlightening reply: "because I used to drink it. I used to have the same lunch everyday for twenty years ... past this? For Warhol values and feelings did not seem to exist, h...

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... creativity. He got several ideas from a woman named Muriel Latow; a gallery owner he knew. She advised him to paint what he loved most (like money) or what everybody would recognize (soup cans and coke bottles). Andy expanded on these ideas and his paintings of the early 60's reflected his progress as a Pop artist. He finally gained the financial success and international ... in different media and by different methods. Before 1962 he used paint - acrylic or oil - and stencil for his subjects, included the repeated series of images as in Warhol's Campbell Soup" cans (Copplestone 14). Af...

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... style of popular advertising, their motivation was just the opposite. The most famous of the paintings during it's time, was the paintings of thirty- two depictions of Campbell Soup cans. One in particular, "Campbell's Soup Box", is a good example of "repetition". Another example of "repetition" was his painting of "16 Jackie's" (1964), which was meant to show emotion, effect and to reflect ... sometimes shock his audience. Warhol died in February 27th, 1987 after gallbladder surgery. In his life, he certainly stretched the boundaries of pop art. His depictions of everything from Campbe...

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... creativity. He got several ideas from a woman named Muriel Latow; a gallery owner he knew. She advised him to paint what he loved most (like money) or what everybody would recognize (soup cans and coke bottles). Andy expanded on these ideas and his paintings of the early 60's reflected his progress as a Pop artist. He finally gained the financial success and international ... in different media and by different methods. Before 1962 he used paint - acrylic or oil - and stencil for his subjects, included the repeated series of images as in Warhol's Campbell Soup" cans (Copplestone 14). Af...

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... style of popular advertising, their motivation was just the opposite. The most famous of the paintings during it's time, was the paintings of thirty- two depictions of Campbell Soup cans. One in particular, "Campbell's Soup Box", is a good example of "repetition". Another example of "repetition" was his painting of "16 Jackie's" (1964), which was meant to show emotion, effect and to reflect ... sometimes shock his audience. Warhol died in February 27th, 1987 after gallbladder surgery. In his life, he certainly stretched the boundaries of pop art. His depictions of everything from Campbe...

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... notorious of the 20th century was Pop Art. Pop Art took ideas or images from popular culture, and perverted them into art. Suddenly everything became art, from cans of Campbell's Soup, to comic books. The world began to look at things in new ways, and appreciate them for their aesthetic value. Part of this was due to the extravagance and luxury ... the icons of Pop Art. In the Series and Singles exhibition, his early work is well represented with Comics, Campbell's Soup Cans, Dollar Bills and other Coca-Colas. At the end of 1961, Andy created his first serial work with small Campbell's ...

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... than to the skill and personality of the artist. The subject matter and images of Pop Art, taken from mass culture, were familiar and included such things as beer bottles, soup cans, comic strips, road signs and similar objects incorporated into paintings, collages and sculptures. Much of the materials used were of modern technology such as plastic, urethane foam and acrylic ... early 1960's Andy Warhol carried this idea a step further by adopting the mass production technique of silk screen printing, turning out hundreds of identical prints of Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell soup cans and ...

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... way the paint is splattered on the canvas shows-. But there is a certain point when art can just no longer be appreciated. I would definitely describe paintings such as Andy Warhol's soup cans as art. First of all, not anyone can draw that. I am positive that I could never draw a picture like that. Also, the simple fact that it has lived on for ... so long implies even further that it is art. Shakespeare's sonnets have persevered through generations, and I think even the soup cans will live on for a long time. The odd thing about art is that there is no one way to describe what is and w...

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... he shortended his name form Warhola to Warhola. The 1960's was filled wirth great fame for Andy and is when he did some of his most memerabloe work including Cambells Soup Can (Beef noodle) (fig. 1) and the rest of the Cambells Sopup can seris. Equally famous, the Marilyns, a seris of silk screenings of Marilyn Monroe, were pai9nting during this time. But ... ideas f Andy Warhol have contributed to our society in major ways. His contributions to the art world have left a mark on it they always be present. Such a simple objecvt lke a soup can can be identified as an Andy Warhol. He is pe...

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... silk screening, celebrity fame, and other aspects of American culture in the late 20th century. In his lifetime, he was known for his artwork, which turned everyday images, such as soup cans and soapboxes, into fine art. Among his most-identifiable works were brightly colored prints that put an iconic spin on famous figures such as Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, and Mick ... reputation has noticeably increased. This is because Warhol's work "not only allows us to see eternity in a grain of sand, but to see it in a Coke bottle or a can of soup" (Nicholson 71). Hawkins 3 Mickey Mouse, who through...

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... self-promoter. He was a major contributor to the Pop Art movement, a period when mainstream objects such as comic strips, advertisements, and celebrity photos, were incorporated into many works. Warhol's "Campbell Soup" series and later his "Celebrity" series are some of the most well known works of Pop Art that are still used in print and advertising today. However, not all of ... New York City to work as a commercial illustrator and later began painting towards the late 1950's. His work did not begin to be noticed until around 1962 when his "Campbell Soup" prints and "Marilyn Monroe" ...

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... way he depicted pop art was thus mesmerizing to people. He was most famous for his portraits like his Marylyn Monroe piece, which popped out very vibrantly. The Campbell's noodle soup art is also a work of art to Andy Warhol's name. He, and the few other artists' I talked about, exhibited avant-garde art that helped shape an era of art. The ... ...

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... thought out of the box, with everything he did. He was never ordinary. One of the pieces that he is known for is the picture of the Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup can. His style of artwork was built around a lot of imitations and reproductions of things that have already been done or created. Andy Warhol was known for this type of ... ...

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... were treated as outcasts. The nineteen-sixties is when Warhol started his best commercial pop-art that made the legacy he made. During these times, art pieces such as: "Campbell's Soup Can," "Cow," "Front and Back of Dollar Bills," and his well-known pieces of Marilyn Monroes. Silkscreen was his new weapon and it woked well with his bright colors and ... ...

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... . The 1960s was an extremely prolific decade for Warhol. Appropriating images from popular culture, Warhol created many paintings that remain icons of the twentieth century art, such as the Campbell's" Soup Cans, Disasters and Marilyns. "[He] took his heroes and his heroines from popular culture or from the famous of their day. He made silkscreen portraits of movie actresses Elizabeth Taylor ... ...

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... Warhol (1928-1987), he is a household name all over the world. Many of his pieces were of famous people, including himself. His most famous and favourite pieces being the Campbells soup tin, and the portrait of Marilyn Monroe, which, ironically happens to be my favourite piece. This could be because I have a personal interest for her, however I love the extreme colour and ... ...

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... Hugo Gallery, New York, and he moved after that into a house in Lexington Avenue with his mother. In 1962, he produced his silkscreen prints on canvas of dollar notes, Campbell's Soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and other popular culture figures. Between 1962 and 1964 Warhol produced over two thousand pictures in his "Factory" as well as he made two movies: "Sleep" and ... ...

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... 1960's to reproduce multiple portraits of celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Jacqueline Kennedy. At the same time, he duplicated images of mass-produced commercial products, such as Campbell's soup cans and Brillo boxes, suggesting that the media marketed celebrities just like products. With this painting of Marilyn Monroe, Warhol is subtly making fun of the fact that society has ... ...

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... very different but encapsulated the point of Pop Art and its look on pop culture and consumerism. Warhol is best known for his piece's "Marilyn Diptych", "Coca-Cola Bottles" and "Soup Cans" and his technique of using silk screens to create repetitions of the same image. Roy Lichtenstein was known for his use of Ben Day dots and his large-scale ... ...

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