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Question 1

Which artist utilized benday dots in his artwork?

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Roy Lichtenstein

Question 2

What does the format of the above image indicate about Warhol’s thoughts about celebrities?

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Answers may vary. By using a similar format to those of Byzantine saints, he treats Marilyn Monroe like a saint, showing his fascination with fame.

Question 3

Who is considered the founder of Pop art?

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Richard Hamilton

Question 4

What is a benday dot?

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Ben-Day dots are small colored dots used in printing to create shading, tones, and secondary colors, commonly seen in comic books and commercial art.

Question 5

Richard Hamilton was a(n) _________ artist.

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British

Question 6

What is the above image about?

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Answers may vary. A generic romance-comic story line in which two people fall in love.

Question 7

Why did Andy Warhol print the above images of Marilyn Monroe in this order?

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Answers may vary. It suggests the sequential images of film, the medium that made Monroe famous.

Question 8

Who is the artist of the image above?

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Wayne Thiebaud

Question 9

Why do you think Andy Warhol chose the Campbell’s Soup can to use in one of his images?

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Andy Warhol chose the Campbell’s Soup can because it was a common, everyday consumer product that represented popular culture, mass production, and consumerism in America. By using a familiar grocery item, he challenged traditional ideas of what could be considered fine art.

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