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Chipp, H. Picasso's Guernica: History, Transformations, Meanings. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1988. Print. In the third chapter, the actual events that lead up to, during, and after the village of Guernica is described in detail. The village was relentlessly bombed on Monday, April 26, 1937 (Chipp 24). Hundreds of bombs were used on a defenseless town. The places that were supposed to be targeted were untouched at the end of the almost four hour bombing mission. In the twelfth chapter, Guernica's political means are discussed but since Picasso could never give a consistent answer the political meaning of Guernica is unknown. Also, the two main figures of the painting, the bull and horse, were described by a poet by the name of Juan Larrea (Chipp 196). According to Larrea, the bull was a heroic figure of "Spanish life" (Chipp 196) and the suffering horse represented the end to "Francoist regime" (Chipp 196).

Boeck, W., Jaime Sabartes. Picasso. New York and Amsterdam: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1955. Print. The figures that Picasso depicted in Guernica are discussed. Picasso drew several forms of each character in the painting before he began work on the Guernica that is seen today. Each figure Picasso chose to present in his final work of Guernica has a meaning and was painted in the most meaningful position. There are very subtle details that give significant meaning to Guernica. In the picture there are three woman, a suffering soldier, a bull, a horse, a lamp and bird.

Van Ham, Lane. "Reading Early Punk as Secularized Sacred Clowning." Journal of Popular Culture 42.2 (2009): 318-338. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. This article desribes early mass media and their relationships to punks rock bands in the 1970's. It also explains the sterotypes of "Scared Clowns" and "Holy Fools". Both sterotypes have negative meanings, often refering to someone as a scared clown or holy fool would mean that they are stupid or shameful.

Charles, Marilyn, and Karen Telis. "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the Works of Van Gogh." American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69.3 (2009): 238-262. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This articles is a close study of specific patterning in Van Gogh's drawings. It is able to provide new insight into patterns he uses. Due to a direct expression of nonverbal meaning. The article takes a look at his articulation of pattern through form, plus a close reading of the letters he wrote about the difficulties he encountered because of his unique vision. It concludes that Van Gogh's unique and personal perceptual style served his developmental needs. While also contributing to both his mental instability and his artistic greatness.

Charles, Marilyn, and Karen Telis. "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the Works of Van Gogh." \n American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69.3 (2009): 238-262. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. In "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the works of Van Gogh" it talks about how his black and white paintings still convey meaning. Van Gogh is an impressionist and has the talent of using line and shapes in order to evoke an emotional response. Van Gogh was interested in ideas rather than images, which inspired many of his pieces of work. The history of his life is shown and describes who he is and his work. In the beginning of his life Gogh did not know he wanted to be an artist, but later traveled and studied art.

Charles, Marilyn, and Karen Telis. "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the Works of Van Gogh." American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69.3 (2009): 238-262. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. In "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the works of Van Gogh" it talks about how his black and white paintings still convey meaning. Van Gogh is an impressionist and has the talent of using line and shapes in order to evoke an emotional response. Van Gogh was interested in ideas rather than images, which inspired many of his pieces of work. The history of his life is shown and describes who he is and his work. In the beginning of his life Gogh did not know he wanted to be an artist, but later traveled and studied art.

Charles, Marilyn, and Karen Telis. "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the Works of Van Gogh." American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69.3 (2009): 238-262. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. In "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the works of Van Gogh" it talks about how his black and white paintings still convey meaning. Van Gogh is an impressionist and has the talent of using line and shapes in order to evoke an emotional response. Van Gogh was interested in ideas rather than images, which inspired many of his pieces of work. The history of his life is shown and describes who he is and his work. In the beginning of his life Gogh did not know he wanted to be an artist, but later traveled and studied art.

Uniquely situated at the heart of African-American youth culture, hip-hop is about music, style and voice. In many ways hip-hop is also about political action. Any discussion of hip-hop culture and rap music lends itself to examinations of rap as a means of protest among inner-city African-American youth. But the resistive benefits of rap music are not limited to its African-American listeners as can be seen by its widespread popularity among youth of all different races, classes and nationalities. As the cultural and political voice of an entire generation of youth, hip-hop has become a means of political action for its artists and fans. In addition to its prominent resistive role, political action in the hip-hop community includes political deliberation and direct uses of hip-hop to increase political awareness and to organize collaborative action. (From the OhioLINK abstract.)

McCarthy, David.  "Andy Warhol's Silver Elvises: Meaning through Context at the Ferus Gallery in 1963".  The Art Bulletin, vol. 88, No. 2 (2006): 354-372.  Print. This article focuses on Andy Warhol's influence across the country.  He had recently emerged as one of the most prominent pop artists from coast to coast.  It talks about his anticipation of the display of his second exhibition at the prominent Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.  It also talks about how although he was an artist highly associated with particular style, each piece of his artwork held its own.

Boime, Albert. "Roy Lichtenstein and the Comic Strip." Art Journal 28 (1968-1969): 155-159. JSTOR. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article talks about 

Matlock, Glen and Silverton Peter. "I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol" London: Reynolds and Hearn Ltd, 2006. Print. This book addresses the intentions of The Sex Pistols through their dress,culture, and names. Johnny Rotten, that is a very "clear-cut" meaning as to the bands intentions. Whether the radio, parents, or establishment wanted to play them or not The Sex Pistols were becoming a household name world wide.

An eye opening account of the world of heavy metal as well as a model for how Cultural Studies work ought to be done. Walser writes about the culture of heavy metal. The book also gives a brief history of heavy metal and how it was constructed. This ground breaking book will force many readers to confront their prejudice about heavy metal, its performers, it's audience, and its meanings.

The book on surrealism shows an organized look at some of the most popular paintings from the period. these are made easy to understand by the author who provides background infomation on each painting. these paintings are also presented in alphebitical order and occur in a timeline so you can see when they were painted. there is a breif introduction on the history of the movement in the beginning of the book. i think this is a good source because it describes what the symbolism of these famous paintings mean.

Potter, Polyxeni. "Sometimes the naked taste of potato reminds me of being poor.". (Cover story)." Emerging Infectious Diseases 15.6 (2009): 1001-1002. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. Potato Eaters is one of Van Gogh's more famous pieces. This article interprets what the painting means. It was also one of Van Gogh's first major pieces. This painting is of peasant family sitting around a dinner table eating potatoes. Van Gogh relates to the poor very weel, because believe it or not while he was alive he was not financially stable. He uses dark colors and their is one light of a lamp, which is supposed to, "explore the relationship between the cycles of nature and rural life."

Leighten, Patricia. "Picasso's Collages and the Threat of War, 1912-13." Art Bulletin 67.4 (1985): 653. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article discusses Picasso's reasons for utilizing cubism in his collages. It also gives great perspective of the meaning of some of his collages. Picasso's paintings were affected by his surroundings. In this article it talks about some of that. Such as how the War influenced some of his paintings.

Mundy, Jennifer. "SURREALISM AND PAINTING: DESCRIBING THE IMAGINARY." Art History 10.4 (1987): 492. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Mundy describes some popular features of surrealist painting. She talks in detail about how the painters of the period were influnced and how the painted their works. Breton's manifesto is also described in her writing. The article is long, detailed, and descriptive. It is a good source to use because it discusses what it means to be surreal in surrealist wirting and paintings.

This article might be useful for those seeking to do a study of the evolution of punk. From the OhioLINK abstract: This article examines how older fans of punk rock articulate their continuing attachment to the music and its associated visual style.While sociological research on popular music audiences is well established, little attention has been paid to the articulation and management of fan practices of individuals beyond the age of 30. Based on ethnographic interviews conducted with older punk fans in East Kent, England, the article begins to redress this oversight in studies of popular music audiences.This involves an assessment of both the way in which articulations of punk style transgress with age from the visual to the biographical and how older punks develop particular discursive practices as a means of legitimating their place within a scene dominated by younger punk fans.

Hip-hop style, a controversial dress form associated with rap music culture in the 1990s, is analyzed and interpreted based on premises associated with structural approaches to semiotics. The semiotic system is isolated in time, and three coding operations are considered in terms of the relationships they establish between elements of the system and potential meanings ascribed to these: paradigmatic alignment (bipolar opposition), denotation and connotation (literal and extended descriptions), and figurative devices (implied figures of speech). Results reveal the structure of the system in terms of a dialectic between signs in the hip-hop system and signs in the system of conventional dress. Components of the rule system of conventional dress are exposed, and figurative language supporting the hip-hop system is described. The hip-hop system is construed as an example of a larger category of appearance-related systems designated extraordinary dress, poised in opposition to ordinary appearance forms. Implications include potential contributions to theory development. (From the OhioLINK abstract.)

van Hensbergen, G. Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. Print. Guernica is still seen as a political work of art today. Guernica not only depicted the brutal bombings and aftermath of that April day but it is a depiction of what is yet to come. The horror of Guernica can still be seen in modern times; such as the attack on the Twin Towers in New York (van Hensbergen 1) and the war in Iraq (van Hensbergen 2). Many well known political figures refer to Guernica and it's political message in many speeches and addresses because its message is still relevant today.

Martínez-Herrera, Ma José, Antonio G. Alcántara, and Lorena García-Fernández. "Dalí (1904-1989): Psychoanalysis and Pictorial Surrealism." American Journal of Psychiatry 160.5 (2003): 855. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article admires Salvador Dali as an artist and his own stand and outlook on the artistic movement of Surrealism. His art was a great contribution to this movement as a whole. Not only is there an admiration for his artwork, but also his ambition.

Murphy, Caroline. "The link between artistic creativity and psychopathology: Salvador Dalí." Personality and Individual Differences 46.8 (2009), 765-774. This article describes the craziness that Dali was famous for. It explains the texts that were taken to assess his mental state and his overall diagnosis. This is discovered through his art, autobiography, and interviews with those who were close to him throughout his life.

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