Andy Warhol Born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop Art movement He ventured into a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing, and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics Born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in the neighborhood of Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol's parents were Slovakian immigrants His father, Ondrej Warhola, was a construction worker, while his mother, Julia Warhola, was an embroiderer They were devout Catholics who attended mass regularly, and maintained much of their Slovakian culture and heritage while living in one of Pittsburgh's Eastern European ethnic enclaves Warhol attended Holmes Elementary school and took the free art classes offered at the Carnegie Institute (now the Carnegie Museum of Art) in Pittsburgh In the late 1950s, Warhol began devoting more attention to painting, and in 1961, he debuted the concept of "pop art"—paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial goods In 1962, he exhibited the now-iconic paintings of Campbell's soup cans These small canvas works of everyday consumer products created a major stir in the art world, bringing both Warhol and pop art into the national spotlight for the first time British artist Richard Hamilton described pop art as "popular, transient, expendable, low cost, massproduced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business." Warhol's other famous pop paintings depicted Coca-cola bottles, vacuum cleaners and hamburgers He also painted celebrity portraits in vivid and garish colors; his most famous subjects include Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger and Mao Zedong As these portraits gained fame and notoriety, Warhol began to receive hundreds of commissions for portraits from socialites and celebrities His portrait " Eight Elvises" eventually resold for $100 million in 2008, making it one of the most valuable paintings in world history In 1964, Warhol opened his own art studio, a large silver-painted warehouse known simply as "The Factory." The Factory quickly became one of New York City's premier cultural hotspots, a scene of lavish parties that were attended by the city's wealthiest socialites and celebrities Warhol died on February 22, 1987, in New York City at the age of 58 http://www.biography.com/ people/andy-warhol-9523875?page=1 Find where the base verb is used in the reading selection After studying the definitions, use the word bank below to write in a synonym for each verb The first one is done for you verb how is it used in definition Write in the synonym the selection? venture ventured to risk something possibly dangerous or to B risk or try begin something new in business maintain to keep something working in the same way become to change or develop into something else A blur to make something fuzzy or not clear attend debut go somewhere or to an event (often regularly) to unveil something for the first time depict to show something in a picture form devote to commit your whole self to something because you love it A dedicate D turn into G illustrate B risk or try E smudge H present C continue F be somewhere B Use the word bank on the next page to match these definitions The first one is done for you a person who draws pictures for a book or advertisement bright, clashing and gaudy colors to something in a way that people don’t agree with and talk about luxurious and extravagant first or superior being well-known, famous for something very religious, committed to your religion a distinct group within a larger community lots of different types of something 10 to manufacture large numbers of the same thing 11 to mix, or to cause a commotion or reaction 12 to be pleasing or beautiful to the eye 13 to ask someone to make something specifically for you, custom, OR money that you make from sales 14 using and saying words in a clever funny way 15 slang term for a very popular nightclub or place to go 16 an image or idea that becomes a famous symbol of someone or something illustrator illustrator iconic mass-produced lavish variety enclaves hotspots premier controversially notoriety commissions witty devout stir garish aesthetics C Answer the comprehension questions What are some varieties of art forms that Andy used? What ethnicity were Andy’s parents? Where they born here in the US? Who are some famous celebrities that Andy Warhol painted? What are some adjective that would describe “pop art”? What was “The Factory”? Did they make anything in The Factory? In your opinion, what was different about Andy Warhol’s art than previous artists before his time? D Find a related word in the reading selection word definition Write in the related word eventual happening at a later time, a result eventually success social something that turns out well in terms of fame, power or money relating to the interaction of people gimmick something to grab your attention exhibit to show or display art embroider decorative sewing in patterns or initials wealth prosperity, riches install to connect or position something to use