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THE SHOT MARILYNS BY ANDY WARHOL
THE SHOT MARILYNS BY ANDY WARHOL
Shot
Marilyns is a series of silkscreen paintings produced in 1964 by Andy Warhol,
each canvas measuring 40 inches square, and each a portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
Andy
Warhol was born in Pennsylvania in 1928
and he died in 1987. He was an American
visual artist, commercial illustrator, film director and producer. His works
explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and
celebrity culture, and span a variety of media, including painting,
silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture.
Questions:
1.Where is
the painting?
2.What does
it represent?
3.Why are
they called the shot Marilyns?
4.What art
movement does The Sot Marilyns belong to?
Answers:
1.In the
Tate Museum (London)
2. The
American dream: optimism, fragility, fame and iconography.
3.Because
one person shot in the paintings with a gun
4.Pop art
movement
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch
Munch was born in December 12, 1863 into a middle-class family in Norway and he died in 1944. His life was difficult. His mother died when he was five, his eldest sister when he was 14, both of tuberculosis. Munch’s father and brother also died when he was still young, and another sister developed mental illness.
Questions:
1.Where is
the painting?
2.What
feelings do it represent?
3.How many
versions of the Scream are there?
4.What art movement does The Scream belong to?
Answers:
1.In the
National Museum in Oslo (Norway)
2.Anxiety
and fear
3.There are 4 versions two tempera paintings and two drawings.
4.Expressionism and Symbolist movement