Sunday, November 29, 2015
'Pop Art Myths' and the 'MYTHS & HEROES' Notion
Pop art:
Pop art appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It broke the rules of classic art. With pop art, art accepted technologie and consumerism.
Every object could become art even an empty campbell suit can.
Pop art consist on hise a fascinating paradoxe. On the one hand, it was a growl breaking innovating movement derived for television advertising and comics. In the other hand it was clearly oriented toward the past and the tradition.
Myth: Their is three definitions:
-A myth is a traditional sacred story, revolving around the activities of gods and heroes, which purports to explain a natural phenomenon or cultural practice and serves as a fundamental type in the world view of people.
-An idea or story that is believed by many people but that is not true
-A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurence, especially one concidered to illustrate a cultural idea
Heroe: It exist three definitions:
-A mythological or legendary figure, often of divine descent, endowed with great strenght or ability, celebrated for his/her bold exploits, and favored by the gods.
-A character with noble qualities who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, displays courage and the will for self sacrifice for some greater good of all humanity
-the protagonist of a story, the principal male or female character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation.
Double Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol: Double Mickey Mouse is a screenprint with diamond dust from american artist Andy Warhol, born in Pittsburgh in 1928 and dead in New York in 1987. The dimension are: Sheet: 30 1/2 × 43 1/8 in. (77.5 × 109.5 cm)
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