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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) - 1 views

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    Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1975. Print. This book, written by Andy Warhol himself, describes his life from beginning to end. Chapter one begins with his childhood, and younger years. Chapter two and three continue through his young adult years, portraying his interest in romance and love. Chapter four focuses on his emphasis on beauty. Chapter five begins to talk about his career s a famous artist. Chapters six through fifteen focus on the ups and downs of his career and personal life. Warhol also describes how "his mind works" when it comes to his artwork.
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EJC - Personality and judgements of abstract, pop art, and representational paintings - 1 views

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    Furnham, Adrian, and John Walker.  "Personality and Judgements of Abstract, Pop Art, and Representational Paintings."  European Journal of Personality, vol. 15, issue 1 (2001): 57-72.  Web.  15 Nov. 2009. This article is an interesting study conducted by Adrian Furnham and John Walker to see "which personality variables are most predictive of judgments of particular types of painting" (Furnham, Walker 1).  They conducted this by having a totally of 124 people judge 24 pieces of art.  The artwork was abstract, pop art, or representational paintings.  This article gives insight in looking into Warhol's life; as his intentions in his work are often very hard for one to uncover.  
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EBSCOhost: When Life Goes to Work: Andy Warhol - 1 views

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    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.
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EBSCOhost: Factory Man - 1 views

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    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.
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EBSCOhost: "Top of the Pops" - 1 views

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    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.
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Jstor: Andy Warhol's Silver Elvises - 1 views

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    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.
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Jstor: The Metaphysics of the Mundane: Understanding Andy Warhol's Serial Imagery - 1 views

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    Dyer, Jennifer.  "The Metaphysics of the Mundane: Understanding Andy Warhol's Serial Imagery".  Artibus et Historiae, vol. 25, No. 49 (2004): 33-47. Print.
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Jstor: Andy Warhol: The Artist as Machine - 1 views

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    Paul, Bergin.  "Andy Warhol: The Artist as Machine".  Art Bulletin, vol. 26, No. 4 (1967): 359-363. Print. This book discusses the complexities behind Andy Warhol's character.  It discusses how Warhol has managed to keep his personal life out of the media and therefore remains much a mystery to the public.  People are left to interpret his personality through his artwork.  Warhol is often associated with the Campbell's soup can, and paintings of automobile accidents.  
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Jstor: Andy Warhol's Red Beard - 1 views

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    Stimson, Blake.  "Andy Warhol's Red Beard".  The Art Bulletin, vol. 83, No. 3 (Sep., 2001): 527-547. Print.\n\nThis book is about Andy Warhol's change of style between 1948 and 1949.  Warhol painted as he wished, but when challenged by his art professors, he began to take their advice and paint as they advised.  During Warhol's last year at the Carnegie Institute of Technology was when he took their criticism seriously and instigated this change in his art.
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Jstor: Andy Warhol and Flash - 1 views

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    Schwartz, Alexandra.  "Andy Warhol and 'Flash'".  MoMa.  The Museum of Modern Art, 1974. 6. Print.
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MIT Press Journals: Hollywood Glamour and Mass Consumption in Postwar Italy - 2 views

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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.
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