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Comparison: Andy Warhol and John Singleton Copley

Andy Warhol’s Gold Marilyn Monroe is a canvas with a silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe’s face. It is placed behind gold background. Warhol produced this painting of Monroe to imitate how the public perceived the film start. The image portrayed in the painting also shows the side of Monroe that is not seen when not in the medias eyes. It can be portrayed as a sad figure, one who’s life is not all that it seems to be. The painting is reflected in a time when media has an influence in the people’s perception of life, how they should live and what to strive for.

John Copley’s work of Freelove Olney Scott is portraying her to be a powerful and wealthy figure. She is painted as an elegant woman,

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