Africa,
Sierra Leone
Chuck Close
James Ensor
Frank Gehry
Robert Gwathmey
Marsden Hartley
Pepón Osorio
James Rosenquist
Ernest Whiteman
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Rosenquist
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Questions/Activities |
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| List everything James Rosenquist included in this
mural. Why do you think Rosenquist chose these images? What do you
think is the theme of this work? This mural shows images from American popular
culture in the early 1960s. Update this mural to the 1990s or
the 21st century. What images would you change? What ones would
you add? Which would stay the same? Give reasons for your changes. |
James Rosenquist, World's Fair Mural |
| James Rosenquist cut out pictures from
magazines, newspapers and other media and used them in his paintings.
Begin a collection of images that interest you. After you have a large
collection select some images at random to put together in a collage
or drawing. Share your work with several different people and ask
them what they see and what they feel is the theme of the work. |
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| Vocabulary popular culture--The opposite of high cultural art forms, such as the opera, historic art, classical music, traditional theater or literature; popular culture includes many forms of cultural communication including newspapers, television, advertising, comics, pop music, radio, cheap novels, movies, jazz, etc. In the beginning of the 20th century, "high art" was the realm of the wealthy and educated classes while popular culture or "low art" was considered commercial entertainment for the lower classes. In the 1950s and 1960s the gulf between high and low art closed with the rise of Pop Art. [ Return to the TOP of the page ] |
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