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, mass-produced, 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.

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A. 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 youverbhow is it used in the selection?definitionWrite in the synonym

1. ventureventuredto risk something possibly dangerous or to begin something new in businessB. risk or try

2. maintainto keep something working in the same way

3. becometo change or develop into something else

4. blurto make something fuzzy or not clear

5. attendgo somewhere or to an event (often regularly)

6. debutto unveil something for the first time

7. depictto show something in a picture form

8. devoteto commit your whole self to something because you love it

dedicateB. risk or tryC. continueD. turn intoE. smudgeF. be somewhereG. illustrateH. present

B. Use the word bank on the next page to match these definitions. The first one is done for you.1. a person who draws pictures for a book or advertisementillustrator

2. bright, clashing and gaudy colors

3. to do something in a way that people dont agree with and talk about

4. luxurious and extravagant

5. first or superior

6. being well-known, famous for something

7. very religious, committed to your religion

8. a distinct group within a larger community

9. 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

illustratorvarietycontroversiallydevouticonicenclavesnotoriety stir mass-producedhotspots commissionsgarishlavishpremierwittyaesthetics

C. Answer the comprehension questions. 1. What are some varieties of art forms that Andy used?______________________________________________________________________________

2. What ethnicity were Andys parents? Where they born here in the US?______________________________________________________________________________

3. Who are some famous celebrities that Andy Warhol painted?______________________________________________________________________________

4. What are some adjective that would describe pop art?______________________________________________________________________________

5. What was The Factory? Did they make anything in The Factory?______________________________________________________________________________

6. In your opinion, what was different about Andy Warhols art than previous artists before his time?______________________________________________________________________________

D. Find a related word in the reading selectionworddefinitionWrite in the related word

1. eventualhappening at a later time, a resulteventually

2. successsomething that turns out well in terms of fame, power or money

3. socialrelating to the interaction of people

4. gimmicksomething to grab your attention

5. exhibitto show or display art

6. embroiderdecorative sewing in patterns or initials

7. wealthprosperity, riches

8. installto connect or position something to use