Valerie Solanas

all relevant to women…” 1 proclaimed radical feminist playwright and social propagandist Valerie Solonas in her infamously misandrist work, “The SCUM Manifesto”. It was through a uniquely aggressive presentation of factual claims and personal sentiments that Solanas was able to undermine American society’s traditional perceptions and understanding of the female gender role in the mid 20th century. Among Solanas’ wildly expressed ambitions for the future within the manifesto was that of the possible

Feminism is defined as the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes ("The Feminist Movement). Women have been denied their right of equality for centuries, and three waves of feminism have occurred because of it. Throughout these times of protest and rebellion, works of feminist literature often increased. Waves of feminism in American were defined differently during each period, and their literature and expressions of protest reflected the oppression women felt and continue

Andy Warhol: Commercial Illustrator, Artist, Filmmaker, and Author Andy Warhol’s parents came from a village in the Carpathian Mountains, in what is now Slovakia. Andy was the third child born to his Czechoslovakian immigrant parents in a working class neighborhood of Pittsburgh. As a child, Andy was smart and creative. When Andy was eight years old he came down with rheumatic fever causing him to miss two months of school that year. He spent his time at home reading comic books and movie star magazines

The American artist, Andy Warhol, was one of the major influential artists in the late 20th century, during the pop art movement. One of his art pieces is called Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) made in 1984 and currently located at The Andy Warhol Museum in his hometown. For all of his art works (printmaking, painting, cinema, photography), Warhol gives a whole new different perspective and meaning to society, by giving a “personality” to his work. The cultural

the Pope of Pop. In addition to painting and creating box sculptures, Warhol began working in other mediums including record producing, magazine publishing, and filmmaking. His unconventional films have become classics of the underground. In 1968, Valerie Solanis, a periodic factory

pop art, is a type of art that came to the americas in the late half of the 1950’s. It was introduced i britain earlier. The artists that introduced it to britain were, Richard Hamiliton and Eduardo Paolozzi. The artists who introduced america to pop art were, Robert Rauschenberg and jasper johns. While the british did pop art before the americans, europeans predated both of them. Founded in London of 1952, the independent group is referred to as the fathers of pop art. Pop art, can be found all

Andy Warhol Warhol was successful in bringing a new form of art to the forefront of an ever changing artworld in the 1960`s. I am interested in the field of commercial and graphic art and it's connection to advertising. That's why I have chosen Warhol as my subject for this essay. I'm going to focus on the techniques and images he used on his paintings. Andy Warhol is one of the world's most renown artists. He was a painter, a photographer, a filmmaker, a publisher of Interview magazine

Andy Warhol was one of the most popular artists of his time in the 1960s, producing over 2,247 works. He was born under the name Andrew Warhola on August 6th of 1928 into a small apartment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born to Andrej and Julia Warhola, the youngest of three boys. However, in 1974 the family moved closer to their church and were dedicated Catholics, regularly attending mass and observing their Eastern European heritage. Whilst a child, Warhol suffered from many ailments. One

Andy Warhol was born August 6th 1928, in Forest City, Pennsylvania. His family comes from the Austria-Hungary Empire. His father came over from there in 1912 and then sent for his mother to come over here in 1921. Andy graduated from High School in 1945 from Schenley High School in Pittsburgh, PA. He then went onto college and graduated in 1949 from Carnegie-Mellon University. He moved to New York City after college, where he met Tina Fredericks who was an art editor for Glamour magazine.

The first superstar of American art, Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame, glamour, and money. He is best known for his images of stars and celebrities and for his reproductions of symbols of the American society.      Andrew Warhola’s (he later dropped the “a”) birth date is uncertain, Andy said himself that his birth certificate had been forged and June 6, 1928 became the date taken as his birthday. Others say he was born December 6, 1930 and then others say it was August