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This review highlights the "high pitch" of the Surrealist movement in the 1930s and the 1940s. It incorporates multiple Surrealist artists, especially Salvador Dali. The author talks about the Surrealist exhibitions and their unique value that were considered to be "ideological spaces." It states that Dali was well-known artist, but eventually he became obsessed with commercialism. At this time period, society was based on consumerism and media advertisement that Dali got caught up in leading to his downfall.

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This article is about the different effects that American "glamour" has had on other parts of the world. It focuses on post World War II when glamour became a more prominent factor in society. This article says the American film industry is much to blame for this new found attention on glamour. This article specifically focuses on Italy and the effects that glamour had on mass consumption of material possessions. Gundle, Stephen. "Hollywood Glamour and Mass Consumption in Postwar Italy." Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 4, No. 3 (2002): 95-118. Web. 30 Oct 2010.

Tuan, Yi-Fu. "Realism and Fantasy in Art, History, and Geography." Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 80.3 (1990): 435-446. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the Association of American Geographer. Web. 8 Nov. 2010 This article focuses on the significance of fantasy and reality. It is important for everyone to have hopes and dreams in order to eliminate the feeling of being trapped and restricted your whole life. Art can incline the imagination in our crucial society. It expands our interpretations of life as we know it. History gives us facts as well as myths that shape the way we think and learn today. The past provides legends and myths along with cultural traditions. Geography provides us with a universal reality. Geography would be dull without imagination and fantasies. Geography is compared to art and history while focusing on a surreal reality.

Matula, Theodore. "Pow! to the People: The Make‐Up's Reorganization of Punk Rhetoric." Popular Music & Society 30.1 (2007): 19-38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. This articles explains how punk music hit a halt in the 90's and did not live up to critics expectations, the music industry had taken punk and learned how to capitalize from it. Punk had moved out of the garage and into mainstream music. It also summarizes punk's response to popularization by following a D.C area band.

Danto, Arthur. "Andy Warhol." Yale University Press (2009): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Arthur Danto sees Andy Warhol as the "Artist of the second half of the 20th century," and the "artist laureate of the American soul." He describes how Andy Warhol drew/painted many symbols of post war America and describes Andy Warhol's work in two levels: "the level of fears and agonies, and the level of beauties. The level of plane crashes, suicides, accidents, executions; and the level of Marilyn, Liz, Jackie, Elvis, Jesus, radiant with glamor and celebrity." Warhol moved from commercial art to pop art. Danto explains how Warhol's art relieved anxiety in American society and culture."He was moved by the same things that his audience was moved by," states Danto.

Grudin, Anthony. "A Sign of Good Taste: Andy Warhol and the Rise of Brand Image Advertising." Oxford University Press 33. Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Andy Warhol's art was called "tasteless trash" by Kirk Varnedoe. However, Grudin believes that statement is very misleading. He states that, "Cambells, Brillo, and Coca Cola were being targeted at the working class in the late 50's, early 60's, and they were more likely to consume these brand named items." Warhol's recreation of these items show the strengths and weaknesses of a marketing strategy that is still relevant in today's society. People think that his artwork is often directed toward everyone, and that it shows that there is no class system. Grudin states that "the crisis of the brand image has been recognized as an important contributing element in the reception of Warhol's work and in it's broader historical context."

Martindale, Colin, and Alan West. "Creative trends in the content of Beatles lyrics." Popular Music and Society 20.4 (1996): 103. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

Inglis, Ian. "'The Beatles are coming!' Conjecture and conviction in the myth of Kennedy, America, and the Beatles." Popular music and society 24.2 (2000): 93. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article is quotes many sources on the arrival of the Beatles to America in 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The article suggests that the Beatles were a "breath of fresh air" to help move the country out of their state of mourning. The article also talks about the factors that contributed to the groups' success in the 1960s. The band's music appealed to a wide variety of people. Their songs blended together rock and roll, pop, soul, and blues music. The structure of the sound was very different than American pop during that time period. There was not just a lead singer with a background band; all of the Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison contributed to each chart-topping single.

Townsend, Christopher. "The Future of Futurism." Art Monthly 329 (2009):5-8. EBSCO. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. The Futurist Manifesto was first published in December of 1908in the magazine Poise. This article was written in celebration of the centennial year. It takes a look at Futurism then and now and its effects on society. One of the main points offered is that Futurism and Modernism are linked. Many little but interesting details about futurism can be found in this article.

Small, Sabrina. "What's Eating Andy Warhol? Food and Identity in Pop Art." Program in Gastronomy (2006): 400+. OhioLink. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. This article is an overview of some of Warhol's pieces. This is a Description of Andy's works and how his art topics relate to mass produced items in the US, like soup and Hershey bars. His art work reflects the population of America and civilized cultures around the world. Most of his art pieces are Pop Art genre. Many of his pieces reflect American culture/society.

San Juan, E.J. "Antonio Gramsci on Surrealism and the Avant-Garde. " Journal of Aesthetic Education 37.2 (2003): 31-45. Ohio Link. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how Surrealism began. Surrealism has formed and progressed in history from the works of Salvador Dali (one of the core artists within Surrealism) with the hope of building a society based liberty and justice. Surrealism has been said to clarify the questions within this art movement and provide a better understanding of the works done. Though it has been built from the French language, Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci, founded the innovative journal and expressed that art is "the historicization and objectification of vision/intuition." Surrealists believe in the possibilities of unrealistic thoughts and illogical behavior that can build up to contemporary ideas in art. The surrealist movement has interpreted an inspiring, yet different interpretation of reality.

"Vincent Van Gogh." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010): 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article is a nice overview of Van Gogh's life. It talks about how his tragic life lead to very successful pieces of art. His personality and health problems made it hard for him to really be a part of society. After he figured out preaching was not the right profession, he turned to painting. Van Gogh had a strong passion for painting although he was barely recognized in his lifetime for his beautiful art work. His closest friend in life was his brother, Theo. He wrote Theo quite frequently dealing with his aspirations and conflicts. In the end Theo got married and Van Gogh committed suicide.

"Vincent Van Gogh." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010): 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This encyclopedia source is able to provide much needed information on the background of Van Gogh. It gives great detail on the life of Van Gogh. The source also provides past artistic works of his. When writing this paper on Van Gogh and the postimpressionism era I will need to know about Van Gogh and his life. Also his relation to the artistic movement.