........................................................................ ........................................................................................ ...................................... ......................................... NOME CLASSE DATA COGNOME Warhol and New York Pop Art was born in Britain in the mid-fifties, but it was in the USA, with Andy Warhol, that the movement reached its peak. Its aim was to blur the boundaries between high and low cultures. The sixties and the city of New York were the settings for Pop Art, which conveyed expressions of the optimism that rose from the consumerist culture. WARM-UP ACTIVITY 1.a Pair work. In your workbook draw a Venn diagram and insert the words that can be attributed to the two images. Some features can be used to describe both images. regular rows advertisement style mass-culture objects painted sculpture symbol of democratic equality synthetic food repetitive imagery the American Dream mechanical reproduction melted cheese consumerist idol bed of lettuce company s logo sesame bun almost identical 1. Andy Warhol, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962, oil on canvas, 208.9x144.8 cm, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art. 2. Claes Oldenburg, Two Cheeseburgers with Everything (Dual Hamburger), 1962, plaster and enamel, 17.8x37.5x21.8 cm, New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). ACTIVITY 1.b Write a short paragraph using the words given below to express your opinion on the two images that you have just seen. disturbing funny boring obscure meaningless ridiculous beautiful interesting modern symbolic original poetic intelligent ordinary pleasing sad