The sixties were a time of social and political change in America, and the art world was not left untouched. Early in the decade a new movement focused on popular culture and national icons began to develop. It was aptly named Pop art. "Many critics were alarmed by Pop, uncertain whether it was embracing or parodying popular culture and fearful that it threatened the survival of both modernist art and high culture..." (Stokstad 1101) Pop artists were not the first to make cultural statements with their work, however controversial art always draws criticism and attention. One of the most well known artists of the Pop movement was Andy Warhol, a young commerial illustrator from manhattan. Warhol's use of popular icons and brands as the focus of his art is what made him famous. The Warhol painting I will be analyzing is Gold Marilyn Monroe.
As an artist, Warhol used techniques that had rarely, if ever, been seen in the art world. He often combined painting and photography, by......

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Title: An Analysis Of Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962)
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1. An Analysis Of Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962)
   

   An Analysis of Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962). The sixties were
   a time of social and political change in America, and the ... ...