Memories of the Atomic Bomb Shown in "Children Are Game" and "Atomic Bomb"
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Ask any two people if they remember where they were on 9/11 and you will receive a stunningly detailed description. However, if you ask those same two people for a detailed account of what happened that day you would receive two vastly different stories. Why is that? Well, memory is a very subjective thing. Public memory is subject to even more hazy recollections. Scholars, witness, and government officials all have different versions about the details. Often times it is artists who bring together these accounts by creating work which encourages public discussion. Two such artists are Isabelle Gardner, writer of the poem "Children Are Game " and Andy Warhol, painter of "Atomic Bomb". These two artists contribute to the collective memory of the atomic bomb by helping us grapple with its meaning. They do this by reflecting back on society the struggle of exact memory, which any society faces when dealing with such traumatic events, into their work by using cycles of memory and forgetting. Through this process Warhol and Gardner create a venue through which significant public discussion can occur about the bomb and people can discern for themselves the accuracy of the generally accepted public memory of the bomb.
In Edward Brunner's book Cold War Poetry he writes "to live in the Atomic Age is to acknowledge the citizen is much as a target as any military base" (224). However, with the Cold War looming in the distance some people forgot the human cost of using these weapons and the public memory of the bomb changed. The bomb was now seen as a weapon which would keep people safe. In Isabella Gardener's poem "Children Are Game" she describes a narrator who hears children "skating the thin ice of the pond" (Line 17). These children ar...
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that memory is subjective, and that artists like isabelle gardner and andy warhol contribute to the collective memory of the atomic bomb by helping us grapple with its meaning.
- Analyzes how isabella gardener's poem "children are game" illustrates the idea of the bomb as a weapon to keep people safe.
- Analyzes how warhol was interested in color and owned many books regarding color theory. the colors are important to notice because of what these two colors typically represent.
- Explains that memory is subjective, and that artists like isabelle gardner and andy warhol contribute to the collective memory of the atomic bomb by helping us grapple with its meaning.
- Analyzes how isabella gardener's poem "children are game" illustrates the idea of the bomb as a weapon to keep people safe.
- Analyzes how warhol was interested in color and owned many books regarding color theory. the colors are important to notice because of what these two colors typically represent.
- Argues that artists should be able to freely make work that challenges people to reflect on the memory of an event such as the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki.
- Analyzes how nasm succumbed to the pressure dropped all aspects of the exhibit which were in direct opposition to "official" narrative.
- Analyzes how artists like andy warhol and isabelle gardner challenge the preconceived collective memory of the bomb by using circular memory to reflect what they see going on back into their society.
- Cites lee, c. jason, "seeing is believing: warhol’s spiritualizing of materiality and the need for the historicizing of postmodernism."
- Analyzes how gardner uses the poem's structure to show a cycle of memory and forgetfulness.
- Analyzes how warhol uses a universally known image and distinctive colors together to grab the viewer's attention. the poem and the painting are presented by individuals who are outside the mainstream yet are able to accurately reflect the society in which they lived.
- Analyzes the case of the public opposition to the national air and space museum's atom bomb exhibit.
- Describes warhol, andy, and pat hackett's books, popism: the warhol '60s, san diego: harcourt brace jovanovich.
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- Analyzes how kaufman uses contradictory tone to alleviate the more immoral stereotypes of hollywood from their role as scapegoat, and place blame on the executives and business moguls.
- Analyzes how kaufman's fourth and fifth stanzas, both witty and well-written, use a changing tone to exonerate the "san francisco poets looking for an out place, looking way / out of place," and "channel something piano players down to their last mom."
- Analyzes how kaufman's sixth stanza is more personal and passionate. he criticizes "in-group sick comedians, a lot sicker than their comedy," suggesting corruption of what is often considered an art form.
- Analyzes how kaufman's depiction of a musician waiting to be committed exposes thoughts and feelings about his own sanity.
- Analyzes the final stanza of kaufman's "hollywood" as the most obvious, as he chooses to focus on the more blatant examples of societal distortion and then sums up his poem with biting imagery.
- Analyzes kaufman's strong statement about god and the exploitation of religion in this image. he depicts god as a sell-out as his millions of followers and believers in hollywood and america.
- Analyzes how bob kaufman's "hollywood" is one of the most concise and rational social criticisms he ever produced. he presents readers with a world filled with falsehood and fraudulent claims of innocence.
- Opines that kaufman and the other beat poets sympathize with hollywood's unsavory character because they've been considered corrupt and breeders of corruption themselves. he uses his wordplay, tone, and poetic artistry to defend the scapegoats of cultural corruption
- Cites christian, barbara's "whatever happened to bob kaufman?" black world 21: 20-29.
1912 wordsRead More - The Art Of Andy Warholanalytical essayImagine, a world full of wonder, mystery, and the fabulous - the world of Andy Warhol. He was an ingenious man who brought many spectators from all over to view his art exhibitions. Andy brought a “new color” to the art industry, and it held a new meaning to what art could be. This paper will discuss the definition of who is Andy Warhol, and how his artworks of the 1950’s and 1960’s relate to the theory of being “machine-like.”
In this essay, the author
- Describes andy warhol as an ingenious man who brought many spectators from all over to view his art exhibitions.
- Narrates how andy warhol was diagnosed with chorea disease at the age of 8 and began drawing and collecting pictures of movies stars around his bed. after graduating from carnegie institute for technology, he moved to new york city.
- Explains how andy warhol's blotted line advertisements gained him attention from the art world and the american institute of graphic arts.
- Describes andy warhol as an ingenious man who brought many spectators from all over to view his art exhibitions.
- Narrates how andy warhol was diagnosed with chorea disease at the age of 8 and began drawing and collecting pictures of movies stars around his bed. after graduating from carnegie institute for technology, he moved to new york city.
- Explains how andy warhol's blotted line advertisements gained him attention from the art world and the american institute of graphic arts.
- Analyzes how andy created artworks from grocery items, such as brillo, coca-cola bottles, and kellogg's cornflakes, with a new technique called silk screening.
620 wordsRead More - The Benefits of Dropping an Atomic Bomb on Japananalytical essayAngelina Jolie said, “Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to windows, without it, there is no way of life.” On August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a small city whose death toll rises to 90,000-166,000. On August 9th, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, 60,000–80,000 . In total, 15 million people lost their lives during the duration of the Second World War. In John Hersey's book, Hiroshima, he provides a detailed account of six people and how the bombing of Hiroshima affected their lives. John Heresy felt it was important to focus his story on six individuals to create a remembrance that war affects more than just nations and countries, but actual human beings. Moreover, the book details the effect the bomb had on the city of Hiroshima. “Houses all around were burning, and the wind was now blowing hard.” (Hersey, 27). Before the bomb, there existed few laws to govern the use of a weapon of this magnitude because of the complexity and modern technology that the bomb used. To address the fears of the use of the atomic bomb, new laws were created to govern its use. The atom bomb should have been dropped on Japan in order to prevent the further use of such a destructive force.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how john hersey's book, hiroshima, provides a detailed account of six people who lost their lives during the second world war.
- Analyzes how john hersey's book, hiroshima, discusses the immorality, justification, and consequences of the atomic bomb.
- Argues that the bombing of hiroshima provided the world an unprecedented ability to research the catastrophic side effects of nuclear weapons.
- Analyzes how john hersey's book, hiroshima, provides a detailed account of six people who lost their lives during the second world war.
- Analyzes how john hersey's book, hiroshima, discusses the immorality, justification, and consequences of the atomic bomb.
- Argues that the bombing of hiroshima provided the world an unprecedented ability to research the catastrophic side effects of nuclear weapons.
- Analyzes how the atomic bomb brought the united states and japan together.
- Opines that it is important to analyze the topic of preventing the use of nuclear weapons. john hersey provides a satisfactory description of the atomic bombing.
1278 wordsRead More - Pop Art Comparison of Seated Woman and Lavender Disasteranalytical essayAndy Warhol was a graphic artist, painter, and film maker, amoung other things, also associated with Pop Art. He moved to New York, around 1950, where he did his first advertisements as a comercial artist and, later, began showing in expositions. One technique employed by Warhol involved repeditive silk screen prints on canvas. He used this method to produce many series of prints with various, easily reconizable images. Between 1962 and 1964 in his self titled studio “The Factory”(Phaidon 484), Warhol produced over two thousand pictures. One of these, Lavender Disaster, was made in 1963 and belonged to a series of pictures all including the same image of an electric chair.
In this essay, the author
- Compares the subjet matter of george segal's piece, which is a white plaster figure sitting sideways, with her right side closest to the back of the chair. the right leg extends out, bends at the knee, and continues down
- Analyzes how warhol's lavender disaster is made from fifteen square shaped prints in three colums and five rows. the color is the same screaming violet for each, though there is variation in tint, contrast, and clarity.
- Analyzes how the simularities between these compositions come from the artists' techniques used and the meaning behind it. seated woman and lavender disaster have a rushed, unfinished sense.
- Compares the subjet matter of george segal's piece, which is a white plaster figure sitting sideways, with her right side closest to the back of the chair. the right leg extends out, bends at the knee, and continues down
- Analyzes how warhol's lavender disaster is made from fifteen square shaped prints in three colums and five rows. the color is the same screaming violet for each, though there is variation in tint, contrast, and clarity.
- Analyzes how the simularities between these compositions come from the artists' techniques used and the meaning behind it. seated woman and lavender disaster have a rushed, unfinished sense.
- Explains that pop art was a modern art movement that emerged in the mid-twentieth century in both england and america.
884 wordsRead More - The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warholanalytical essayHe began producing “Pop” pictures in 1960 with works based on Popeye, Nancy and Dick Tracy comics. These early works were first shown as back drops for department store windows and were painted in loosely brushed style based on Abstract Expressionism. Warhol’s first works using comic material tended to soften hard professional gestures and aggressive vocabulary of the texts and images. Warhol countered the scrupulous accuracy of the original genre with imprecision and deliberate error. In doing so, he soiled the comic strips narrow-minded ideological and decorative purity.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that andy warhol is the godfather of pop art. his window advertisements were the beginning of an era where art was seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world.
- Explains that andy warhol was born in 1930, in mckeesport, pennsylvania. his parents were czech immigrants. after his father died, andy worked his way through carnegie tech., pittsburgh where he studied commercial art.
- Explains that warhol began producing "pop" pictures in 1960 with works based on popeye, nancy and dick tracy comics. these early works were first shown as back drops for department store windows.
- Explains that andy warhol is the godfather of pop art. his window advertisements were the beginning of an era where art was seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world.
- Explains that andy warhol was born in 1930, in mckeesport, pennsylvania. his parents were czech immigrants. after his father died, andy worked his way through carnegie tech., pittsburgh where he studied commercial art.
- Explains that warhol began producing "pop" pictures in 1960 with works based on popeye, nancy and dick tracy comics. these early works were first shown as back drops for department store windows.
- Analyzes how andy warhol's next series, depicting the mass-produced goods of compels soup cans and coke bottles, captured the clean-edged look of commercially manufactured objects and made him famous.
- Explains that warhol was the quintessential pop artist and established and enhanced the status of pop art.
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