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Herrick, Roxanna, and Bette-Lee Fox. "Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh." Library Journal 116, no. 10:208. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed November 7, 2010). In this article it talks about Van Gogh's failure as an artist while he was alive. Van Gogh produced over 1800 pieces of work, and only sold one painting while he was alive. Van Gogh tried to find himself through his artwork. His life was very bleak and depressing. In the end Van Gogh ended up committing suicide, which was not found to be too surprising.

Kimmelman, Michael. "At the Met With: Roy Lichtenstein; Disciple Of Color And Line, Master Of Irony." New York Times 31 Mar. 1995: 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Nov. 2010.

Mitchell, David. "Marinetti, Futurist and Fascist." History Today 25.10 (1975): 704. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. Contains many connections between Facism and Futurism as the title indicates. These include how they targeted the young as there median for revolution, their goal of destroying old customs, and there focusing on the future rather tha the past.

Mikić, Vesna. "Musics Futurista - The Art of Noises. Music and Words from the Italian Futurists Movement 1909-1935, Including Original Recordings by Marinetti/Russolo/Pratella (Salon LTMCD 2401, 2006)." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 111-113. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. A review of a C.D. of futurist music which was done in line with the futurist manifesto that was written by Marinetti. Some of the tracks also include pieces of Marinetti's actual speaches which, according to the article, give the C.D. an unarguably Futuristic tone.

Ve Poljanski, Branko. "Dialogue Marinetti - Poljanski." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 3-5. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. In English traslation of a conversation between Marinetti, the founder of futurism, and Poljanski, i leaded in Zenitistm in France. The two men respect each other but the converstion does get tense at one moment and then they talk things out. Things end well.

Vallois, Thirza. "From Art Nouveau to Art Déco." France Today 22.7 (2007): 12-14. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article explains Art Deco's predecessor, Art Noueau, from its start in Paris. The article details founder, Hector Guimard's signature style and trademark furniture pieces. The article details how Art Noueau's look quickly began to take over the city through street signs and restaurant. The article continues to mention how Art Deco and Art Noueau are identified differently. The pictures for the article show the similarities and differences between the two styles. The article helps to explain the roots and how Art Deco has grown from them.

Fricke, David. "Green Day Fights On. (Cover story)." Rolling Stone 1079 (2009): 46-53. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 30 Oct. 2010. This article describes how Green Day the bad has contiuned their punk tradition from 1994 to current day. It describes the bands mood before a concert in 2009. The article also describes Billie Joe Armstong, the bands lead singer. Billy is very close to his family and has grown from1994 but still remains true to his punk roots. The live shows still gives him the "rush" he had the first time he stepped on stage.

Waddell, Ray. "Legendary Ozzy Osbourne." Billboard 121.44 (2009): 46-53. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article tells the whole story of Ozzy. From his fall as the lead singer of Black Sabbath. To his rise as the prince of darkness and founder of Ozzfest. It tells of how his future wife Sharon pulls him from the dark whole of drugs and alchol and made him into one of the biggest shows the world has ever seen.

Grishin, Sasha. "Art Deco 1910-1939." Craft Arts International 74 (2008): 82-84. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.

This article gives a timeline of Art Deco's history starting with its preceeding movement leading up to Art Deco's height. There are examples of the different mediums Art Deco is demonstrated through such as fashion, architecture and artwork. The article mentions collections that have great examples of Art Deco. This article also mentions how Art Deco touched other countries, which proves that Art Deco was an international hit. This article includes several pictures which is a great way to obtain visual images of Art Deco.

Alridge, Derrick P., and James B. Stewart. "Introduction: Hip Hop in History: Past, Present, and Future." Journal of African American History 90.3 (2005): 190-195. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. Hip Hop has evolved into a great thing to this day. There are different branches of hip hop which is disc jockeying, break dancing, graffiti art, and rapping. In the early to mid-70s is when the ideas of hip hop came about. It is a way of speaking to the youth in a language that they can understand and relate to.

Glazer, Diane L. "AMONG FRIENDS: ITALIAN FUTURISM COMES TO AMERICA." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article is the description of the first Futurist artist in America and how Futurism changed when it came over from Italy. It is mostly an analysis of "the first American futurist", Joseph Stella, and a "futurist composer", Edgar Varese. The author also compares these American futurists with the founding Italian futurist, Filippo Marinetti.

Glazer, Diane L. "Among Friends: Italian Futurism Comes to America." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article is about the arrival and spread of Italian Futurist ideas throughout the New York City culture in the early 20th century. It goes into detail the lives of the first American Futurist painter, Joseph Stella and a composer by the name of Edgard Varèse. In the article, the lives of these two artists are analyzed from the perspective of the work that they created. Through their works a friendship was made. Through this friendship and contribution to the art community Futurism grew through New York.

Meisler, Stanley. "Art Deco: High Style." Smithsonian 35.8 (2004): 56-61. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article gives a great overview of Art Deco by including examples and history. This article explains the characteristics of Art Deco as well as briefly describes the movement leading up to it. There are several Art Deco artists named with a short description o their work. This article is a great place to start Art Deco research because it has a large amount of basic information and is therefore a great jumping off point.\n\n

Garrity, Brian, and Mariel Concepcion. "A Hip-Hop History Lesson." Billboard 119.18 (2007): 8. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.

Robinson, Ruth Adkins. "Hip-hop history." Billboard 111.49 (1999): 38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.

Wallace-Wells, David. "Factory Man." Newsweek 154.24 (2009): 66-68. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article focuses on critics of pop art and Andy Warhol.  One critic is quoted saying, "You're a killer of art, you're a killer of beauty, and you're even a killer of laughter".  Warhol was not concerned with how he looked to others; he only cared about his work portraying what he saw important.  It also talks about the assassination attempt on Warhol.

"Sex Pistols Blow Off Rock Hall." Rolling Stone 996 (2006): 14. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article shows The Sex Pistols at their finest. Blowing off the rock and roll hall of fame in ture punk style. But what else can you expect from the pioneers of punk music?

Armstrong, Billie Joe, and Roberto Parada. "The Sex Pistols." Rolling Stone 972 (2005): 64. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This articles shows the view of The Sex Pistols on their one and only relesed album. Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was considered to be the first album to openly say what was wrong with the world through music. No album has had such an impact ever.

Thompson, Krista. "The Sound of Light: Reflections on Art History in the Visual Culture of Hip-Hop." Art Bulletin 91.4 (2009): 481-505. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article dives into the effect of hip hop and it culture. It shows the influence of hip hop on music videos, clothing, art, and everything else. It focuses the influence of hip hop on black youth.

Menand, Louis. "TOP OF THE POPS." New Yorker 85.44 (2010): 56-65. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article focuses on the "top" pop artists.  It provides Andy Warhol's biography.  It discusses some of the most famous books written about him, and even his own book.  It also comments on several of his most famous pieces of art, including his famous Campbell's soup can painting.  Andy Warhol was a puzzling individual as well as artist; people are still trying to uncover why his art was not affected by the different economic times; people were continuing to pay more and more for his work, no matter what their economic status was at the time.

Graw, Isabelle. "When Life Goes to Work: Andy Warhol." October 132 (2010): 99-113. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article focuses on the connections between Andy Warhol's personal life and his work.  Warhol saw everything that he did as work and a way of promoting his magazine, "Interview."  It discusses Warhol's role in the market world and in "celebrity culture."  This article goes on to expand several of the effects the market world and celebrity lifestyle had on Warhol.