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The Analysis of The Influence of Art History on Modern Design Pop Art

When it comes to popular art, that is exactly what pop art is. The word pop itself is short for popular and with the artists that were involved with the style and with just how famous some of the works of art came to be, being popular art is one of the best ways to describe it. Pop art started as a style that first took off in England in the mid-1950s by a group called the Independent Group which then was introduced to American in the late 1950s where it became the new big thing. It was a great thing for America and definitely something that was not to be ignored because it was a response and challenge to the styles before it. Instead of having paintings with an older and more classical type of feel such as Rococo or Baroque styles the everyday people were becoming more and more interested in the art that had more relevance to their lives. When artists such as Andy Warhol started painting paintings with national brands on them, such as that of the Campbells Soup brand, thats when pop art really started to take off and affect the culture. In the beginning of this article, which was written in 2010, it starts off by the author Adriana Marinica explaining what pop art is (a visual pleasures of people like television, magazines or comics) and by showing one of the most famous pieces in that style the Gold

Lane 2 Marilyn Monroe done in 1962 by the one and only Andy Warhol. It is a great example of not only the types of paintings that are considered pop art but also of how the author structures her article. It is a very effective one in the sense that it has you read the main ideas and reasons and then shows you a picture as evidence and a guide to let you know that she is writing the truth. It is a very organized method of doing things and makes everything she is trying to say very clear. It not only was the best possible way to structure the article but because of it, the way that the argument is presented is a very receptive and comprehensible way. The audience is able to put two and two together and realize that the pictures that the author includes have to do with and help them fully understand what she has written. Going back to the Gold Marilyn piece by Andy Warhol, that is where she is introducing you to pop art and according to her, the only way to do that is to show one of the most popular, even to this day, pieces of art from that style. After describing it, she goes on to talk about other artists and their impact to the pop art world which they all do a lot of. With all of the different subjects throughout the article, the job of making good transitions is something that she has completed very well. Every time she has to make one, the bold heading with a little one to three sentence blurbs comes right before a picture that helps the reader to perfectly understand what is going on. When Marinica starts to talk about what the characteristics are for pop art this is the type of organizational method she uses. First she has her main topic that she wants to talk about at the moment Which are the most important characteristics of Pop Art? and then has a little section of writing describing that it has some features that make it look like it belongs in a comic book or is just something simple and not thought of much by the culture. She also explains that if you are somewhat familiar with the different styles that fall under Modernism and late nineteenth century art then you should see

Lane 3 how this makes sense it is a response to the ideas of abstract expressionism. Right after that, she has a picture of Figures in Landscape (1977) by Roy Lichtenstein which is a prime example of pop art itself. This particular piece of art looks like it was dragged right out of an abstract comic book, and as stated above, making it look like a comic book was one of the characteristics. With all of this together, her challenge of making the structure of the argument a very well organized one is a success. Based on the organizational structure and the title of the article itself, many can guess what the claim is that the author is trying to prove, which is that pop art has had a major effect on how society is today and just our culture in general. She makes this very clear in the sense that she not only puts it in the title, but also is one of the first things she talks about before she gets into her other sub-topics. She proves it again though by making her sub-topics go along with her claim and she makes them very effective in doing so. Each topic answers the question of how exactly does pop art effect todays society and culture and she does it the way that is stated above about the structure and organization of the article. In another sub-topic that Marinica talks about is in what domains this particular style started from which mentions that Andy Warhol was the artist that personified the pop art movement and that him and his works of art are all icons today. It also states that he was someone who decided to make their art mass produced because he felt that his muses the celebrities at that time were mass produced themselves, and by doing this, he allowed not just the rich and knowledgeable in art people to have access to owning one of his pieces, but anybody who felt like buying it. Even though this was not one of the first times artists have done this (some in the 18th and 19th century made engravings of their art so they could sell it to more people and make more of a profit) but it was at a time where it made pop artists like Andy Warhol such an inspiration and icon to a multitude of people.

Lane 4 While reading the whole article, the reader realizes that it only makes sense that pop art would heavily influence our modern society. It would be easy to infer because of the facts she gives us. The reader realizes that pop art not only affected the people of our culture but affects the way we think. Because of how Warhol used the brands that were very popular at that time, by making them into his works of art, it made everybody realize how much they pay attention to labels and brands. With this knowledge and with her telling us that artists, such as Andy Warhol, chose the brands he did on purpose, it leads the reader to realize that pop art seriously did have an impact on modern times. This all makes the pathos and logos in this article effective as well. The pathos and logos appeal helps the author tell the audience all of these facts and then lets them decide feel how they want to feel about it. A section of the article that stuck out with appeals was when Marinica used a quote from a director of affairs for museums, Julie Maner, which said, All art appeals to people on an emotional level, but Pop Art is experienced on an experiential level [as] it comes from our daily lives. When reading that quote, it really makes the reader feel and think about it and just how true it is. Because pop art was, and still is sometimes, used as means of advertising we do in fact see it in our everyday lives and affects us each in different ways. The pathos that the quote has giving to the article is something that it needed because even though it was very well written and organized, adding in that quote truly made everybody notice how important pop art is. Its clear that pop art has become more than just a statement and its impossible to ignore says Marinica and by going off of what Julie Maner said, Marinica has never been more correct. This article is an effective one because it tells the audience the facts about pop art and how it influenced the cultures it was around. Reading it is an easy thing to do; it flows and it is

Lane 5 simple to follow because of how it was written. Everything about it, from the way its structured, to which paintings were chosen, to the facts used, it is all a way to help the reader understand.

Lane 6 Work Cited

Marinica, Adriana. The Influence of Art History on Modern Design Pop Art. Pixel77. 31 Aug 2010. Web. 20 Feb 2014