Essay 1 An artist, one who professes and practices an imaginative art. That is exactly what Andy Warhol was born to do as he started experimenting with different materials and mediums of art when he was a young boy. Everything leading up to his enormous success as being one of the founding fathers of Pop Art and being one of the two most famous artists in the late twentieth century. Warhol was so different it was what made his work stand out from the rest, he was a true artist and that is what made him who he is now known for. The art he produced was so prominent because he based everything he did around his own identity and the culture at the time and hid behind his work instead of shine in front of it. Andrew Warhola was born a son of two immigrants in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a rare disease called Sydenham chorea. That disease forced him to have to be stuck inside for most of his childhood alone which led him to finding his passion and drive for art. He was a very unique artist as he was someone who focused on many different medias of art such as film making, screen printing, painting, photography, and much more. He couldn’t just settle for one specific type of art because while stuck inside he had time to experiment with all types of materials which led him to become the artist he is now known for. When his father passed away he left the family just enough money for one of the three children to go to college. Warhol was fourteen at the time and his other two brother were older, the family agreed that Andrew would be the one to go for art as he loved it so much. Couple years later he graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in pictorial design being the first of his family to graduate college. He immediately moved to New York and started his life as Andy Warhol, a famous pop-artist and silk screener with his first success, the Campbell Soup Cans. Andy Warhol was a family man as you see through his childhood experience of being stuck inside all day and also his mother moving to New York to be with him just three years after he left. He was constantly working and pushing himself to take care of his family and one of his most famous quotes is, “I want to be a machine.” He was always interested in the idea of mass production as you see through his famous works, Campbell’s Soup Cans, Brillo, and Triple Elivs. While stuck inside when younger he was known for being obsessed with celebrities and would cut them out of magazines and newspapers and make collages of them. He had this weird love and obsession with fame in which he showed through his work in New York as he painted people and also included them in his films Prince, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, and more. He was interested in the idea of fame rather than the people and believed everyone could and would be famous as he stated many times, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” (Nuwer 1). When having .

1. Essay 1
An artist, one who professes and practices an imaginative art.
That is exactly what
Andy Warhol was born to do as he started experimenting with
different materials and
mediums of art when he was a young boy. Everything leading
up to his enormous
success as being one of the founding fathers of Pop Art and
being one of the two
most famous artists in the late twentieth century. Warhol was so
different it was what
made his work stand out from the rest, he was a true artist and
that is what made
him who he is now known for. The art he produced was so
prominent because he
based everything he did around his own identity and the culture
at the time and hid
behind his work instead of shine in front of it.
Andrew Warhola was born a son of two immigrants in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with
a rare disease called Sydenham chorea. That disease forced him
to have to be stuck
inside for most of his childhood alone which led him to finding
his passion and drive
for art. He was a very unique artist as he was someone who
focused on many
different medias of art such as film making, screen printing,
painting, photography,
and much more. He couldn’t just settle for one specific type of
art because while

2. stuck inside he had time to experiment with all types of
materials which led him to
become the artist he is now known for. When his father passed
away he left the
family just enough money for one of the three children to go to
college. Warhol was
fourteen at the time and his other two brother were older, the
family agreed that
Andrew would be the one to go for art as he loved it so much.
Couple years later he
graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree
in pictorial design
being the first of his family to graduate college. He immediately
moved to New York
and started his life as Andy Warhol, a famous pop-artist and
silk screener with his
first success, the Campbell Soup Cans.
Andy Warhol was a family man as you see through his
childhood experience of
being stuck inside all day and also his mother moving to New
York to be with him
just three years after he left. He was constantly working and
pushing himself to take
care of his family and one of his most famous quotes is, “I want
to be a machine.” He
was always interested in the idea of mass production as you see
through his famous
works, Campbell’s Soup Cans, Brillo, and Triple Elivs. While
stuck inside when
younger he was known for being obsessed with celebrities and
would cut them out of
magazines and newspapers and make collages of them. He had
this weird love and
obsession with fame in which he showed through his work in
New York as he

3. painted people and also included them in his films Prince,
Elizabeth Taylor, Grace
Kelly, and more. He was interested in the idea of fame rather
than the people and
believed everyone could and would be famous as he stated many
times, “In the
future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” (Nuwer
1). When having his
famous studio in New York which was once a spot for famous
people to come and
hang out but also be included in his films he would also invite
his friends and family
who weren’t famous to be apart so they could experience the
fame he was so
obsessed with.
Although Warhol was known as being one of the founding
fathers of pop art in the
late twentieth century he was mostly the person who just made
it become popular
and famous around the world. The art originated in the London
with a group of
“found art” artists known as, Richard Hamilton, Laurence
Alloway and Eduardo
Paolozzi. The pop art in Britain was different than the one being
produced in America
as it was less serious and that is why Roy Lichtenstein was his
real idol. Lichtenstein
was known for his comic book art as he worked a lot with the
technique known as
“Ben Day dots”. When Warhol started in New York he was
inspired by Luchtenstein
with his cartoon work but also wanted to add his own twist like

4. every artist and
decided to silkscreen. Together they became the founding-
fathers of the famously
known pop art and silkscreening around the world today. They
were both intrigued
by silkscreening as it was a new medium of art and it was easy,
any one could do it.
As stated through numerous outlets, “Under the WPA, the Silk
Screen Unit was
developed to promote this method of art making as accessible to
anyone for any
purpose” (Cortes 3). Warhol believed anyone can be famous and
achieve this art of
silkscreening, he wanted people to be inspired by his work like
he was with the idea
of fame when he was younger. He also believed that since this
specific type of art
was so simple as it just included one subject and that one
subject was repeated over
and over again. He wanted people to form their own meaning of
his work and it be
rather simple than be very complicated and hard to understand
like most other works
were during that time period.
Growing up in a family of artists and also wanting to pursue a
dream in filmmaking
made Andy Warhol a huge inspiration for me growing up as
well as my family. A big
reason why he is so loved is because of how different he was
and is from any other
artist especially during the time, in the late 50s. Although he
thought of his work as
simple and easy no one could compare to his work no matter
how hard they tried,
famous pop artists today don’t compare. It was interesting to me

5. that he wanted
people to succeed and copy his work in a way because most
artists fight for credit
over things, he wasn’t selfish like a normal artist. He was
overall just interested in the
idea of art and everything about it, he didn’t do it to become
rich or famous he did it
because he loved it and that is what inspires me the most about
him. He tried almost
every medium of art and even started one, I want to do the same
in my journey
through art. His idea that his art had no real meaning left a lot
of imagination for the
audience and people who viewed his work, it allowed them to
get what they wanted
out of it rather than one specific. This led to his work having
the ability to touch
everyone in many different ways and that is what’s so special
about him and his
work. Overall he just had a very new and different aspect of life
and work which
made everything he did more inspiring and intriguing.
Andy Warhol was a famous artist who got to where he was
because of how different
he was from anyone else at the time. He then became one of the
most famous artist
in the late twentieth century and became the idol for artist like
Jeff Koons, Alex Katz,
and Yayoi Kusama who are all pop artists today. He was an
inspiration for all as he
was interested in the whole aspect of art rather than one specific
type and

6. experimented with it all. He wanted to be known as a machine
and that is exactly
what happened, he was able to use silkscreening to his
advantage and constantly
made pieces of art. Everything he was producing he was
inspired by something and
that was usually his family, past experiences, time period, and
cultural movements.
That is why he became so successful, all of his work was based
on his life.
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Essay 2
Ezra Pound was an American Poet born in 1885 in Idaho. That
time period was
completely different in terms of writing. Such as There was the
romantic time,
Baroque time, etc. Currently, we are in the contemporary time.
But, during his
lifetime were also Wars that happened, and most specifically
World War II. Ezra
Pound was greatly influenced in his writings in the time he
lived.
Since Ezra was born in 1885, his writing style is not based in

7. the romantic period.
The romantic period was the span from 1800 - 1890
(Moskvicha, Yuliia). However,
those 5 years might have helped influence him a little bit. When
he started it was
around the time when World War 2 was starting, and other wars
(Rostker, Bernard).
However, events in these time periods weren’t the only things
that influenced him.
He would study cultures and try to incorporate their traditions
into his poems (Poetry
Foundation). His first poem which was called “A Lume Spento”
was written to be
dramatic and with opinion. With war going on, he was being
influenced without
knowing by everything happening around him.
Later in his life, Ezra Pound moved to Venice, Italy. He was
forced to move because
he was on voluntary exile. However, during his time in Italy he
became involved with
Fascist Politics, and was unable to return to the U.S. until 1945.
But, even in 1945
he still was unable to return, and was charged with treason for
broadcasting
propaganda on the radio and was held at an American Detention
center in Italy
(Hadjiyiannis, Christos). While being held on the charge of
treason, he wrote a book
called Pisan Cantos. All of his books are connected together, to
form one very long
incomplete poem. However, during this section of his poem. He
was writing during

8. the times when Musollini was executed. All of his poems are
influenced by his life,
and actions around his life.
Ezra went to Hamilton College when he started his college level
education, but after
two years. He transferred to Hamiliton college located in New
York. During his
education he learned that he loved the economics of the country.
It shows how
human society works, and shows problems that can be solved
(Lanteri and
Alessandro). Having this interest is what led Ezra to start
broadcasting propaganda
over the radio. If Ezra did not believe in the economics, he
probably would not have
broadcasted over the radio. And also would not have been
charged with treason.
Now, that is just the start of it. While Ezra was in prison he
was continuing to write
his long poem. Who knows how that could have turned out if he
was not in prison.
Everything that happens is influenced by experiences, values,
and everything. Even
if the artist doesn’t think that it would connect to their personal
life. It doesn in every
little way possible. Just like in a regular fiction story the
characters are influenced by
the author. The author or artist will always have something to
connect back to. That
is what makes their writing theirs.
Here is my essay on Ezra Pound. I know from right now, I will
need to make more changes to improve

9. it. I want to know if you think I should change my thesis, or if
there is a better way to say it. Also, I
want to know if I should find more influences with Ezra.