1. Explain why you selected each of the
TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
I
selected Andy Warhol: Images of an Image because I wanted to learn more about
his work and what he thought about when he made his masterpieces. I also choose
Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50’s and 60’s because I’ve seen
several pieces of this work and wanted to learn more about how it came to be.
2. For each video list/discuss the key
concepts you learned.
In
Andy Warhol: Images of an Image, I learned how he cut out advertisements in
newspapers and magazines and enlarged them with a projector. With this he
reproduced them with stencils and acrylic paints. He also got the photograph of
Marilyn Monroe this way, by cutting her picture out of a newspaper after her
death. He tried to make pictures by hand but found it much easier doing it with
a silk screen. In Abstract
Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50’s and 60’s, this video talked about how
various paintings and art work related to pop art. De Koonigs’s “Morning: The
Springs” was discussed and how it ecpressed an echo of sensations and was about
plant forms, falling water and light. It also gave off a calligraphic quality. It
also talked about Andy Warhol and his pop art. Also, Lichtenstein’s “Girl With
Hair Ribbon” shows abstraction and representation. The closer someone looks the
less apparent the image is and the details morph into a life of their own.
2. How do the videos relate to the
readings in the text?
The
readings relate to the text because both pop art and Andy Warhol are discussed
vividly in the text in chapter 23.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How
do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I think the
films did a very good job explaining pop art and the value it had to the
artists at that time. I didn’t realize what Warhol did to make his art work, I
actually thought he just painted and was that skilled.
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