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Death and Disaster paintings,
xi
,
37
,
39
–40,
41
44
,
46
,
55
,
71
,
81
,
106
,
113
,
124
,
126
,
130
,
144

dollar bills/money,
35
,
39
,
65
,
81
,
127
,
129
–130

Elizabeth Taylor,
81
,
88
,
128
,
144

Elvis Presley,
xii
,
39
,
81
,
88
,
143
,
144

endangered species,
134

flowers,
39
,
40
,
71
,
81
,
106

Heinz Tomato Ketchup boxes,
56

images from popular culture,
128

Jackie Kennedy,
88
,
144

Jesus Christ,
37
,
144
,
147

Kellogg's Corn Flakes boxes,
56
,
64
,
66

Mao Tse Tung,
111
–112,
113
–114,
116

Marilyn Monroe,
36
,
39
,
40
–41,
42
–43
,
45
–46,
81
,
88
,
100
,
143
,
144

Mott's Apple Juice boxes,
56
,
64

newspaper advertising,
1
–3,
6
,
12
,
14
–15,
16
–17,
17
–20,
22
,
24
–25,
32
,
146

portraits (general discussion),
34
,
36
,
100
,
106
,
118
,
124
–125,
134

Richard Nixon,
73
,
111

Roger Maris,
39

self-portrait,
144

shadows,
131
–132,
133

S&H green stamps,
127

universal quality of,
37
–38

Superman,
13
,
20
,
26

Superstars at the Factory,
5
,
49
,
80
,
98

Suzuki, D. T.,
30

swastika,
118

Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory
(Woronov),
95
–96

Switzerland,
29

Synoptic Gospels,
138

tabloids,
17

Tanager Gallery, New York City,
141
–142

Taylor, Elizabeth,
81
,
88
,
124
,
128
,
144

Therrien, Robert,
54

Thomas, Dylan,
44

Time
magazine,
35

To the People of New York City
(Palermo),
133

Transfiguration,
138
,
139

Transfiguration of the Commonplace
,
The
(Danto),
x
,
xv
–xvi

transvestism,
84
,
112
,
117

Tunnel, the,
87

Twombly, Cy,
10
,
11
,
30
,
35

Ubu Roi
(Jarry),
6

Ultra Violet,
84

Ulysses
(Joyce),
96
–97

Uncle Sam,
128
,
129

Velvet Underground, The, rock group,
7
–8,
77

Vietnam war,
124

Vile, Ronnie,
95
–96

Viva,
80
,
84
,
104
,
141

von Thurn und Taxis, Princess Gloria,
115
–116

Ward, Eleanor,
35
,
70
–71

Warhol
(Bockris),
1
,
6

Warhol, Andy,
1
,
63
;

Abstract Expressionism and,
8
–9,
14
,
58

aesthetic,
12
–13,
29
–30,
34
,
49
–50,
55
–56,
60
,
83
,
86
,
132
,
135

Art Deco collected by,
xvi
,
125

as artist-executive,
121

art world and,
4
,
25
–26,
35
,
124

attempted assassination of,
100
–101,
102
–105,
120
,
122
,
125

as avant-garde artist,
2
,
3
,
81
,
82
,
85

business art of,
117
,
122
–123,
125
,
127
–128,
130
,
131
,
133

cameras used by,
76
,
77
,
79
,
82
–83,
85
,
87
–89,
115
,
122

camouflage works,
145

capitalist production and,
xii

celebrity of,
47
,
85
–86

childhood poverty of,
57
–58

as commercial artist,
xiv
,
2
,
3
–4,
8
,
12
–13,
16
,
143
,
146

conception of art,
51

criticism of works,
15
,
26
,
45
,
67
,
72
–73,
97
,
130

as critic of American culture,
x
–xi;

as culture and art icon,
x
,
xii
,
xiv
–xv,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
–5,
6
,
8
,
9
,
35
,
45
,
94

death of,
37
,
53
,
88
,
147
,
148

“Drella” nickname,
49
,
95

effect on art history,
123
,
126

effete charm of works,
146

fiction about,
72

film footage of,
70

financial circumstances,
122
–123,
124
,
125
,
130

first death of,
102
–103,
104
–105,
120

homosexuality of,
11
–12,
75
–76,
81

ideas from other people for subjects,
32
–33,
35
,
41
–44,
71
,
91
,
111
,
118
,
142

identity/identity changes,
1
,
2
,
4
–5,
8
,
17
,
47
–48,
145
–147

influences on,
10
,
14
,
25
,
70

in Italy,
117

last studio,
138
;

mechanical production methods,
49
–51,
58
–59,
60
,
61
,
62
,
73
,
115
,
127

novel by,
83

Ondine and,
96
–97

ordinary American life portrayed by,
x
,
xv
,
2
–3,
4
,
22
–23,
56
–57,
73
,
83
,
88
,
144

patriotic aspects of works,
73

personality,
49
,
70
,
88
,
118
–119,
127
,
132
,
141

philosophy of art and,
135
–136

photography and,
65

physical appearance,
12
,
20
,
44
–45,
75
,
85
–86,
112
,
119

politics and,
56
,
73
,
116
–117

as Pop artist,
xi
,
4
,
13
,
32
,
33
,
45
,
47
,
58

price of works,
122

psychological scars from attempted assassination,
104
–105,
125
,
131

public persona of,
45

reconfiguration of art by,
48

religiousness of,
139
–141,
142
,
145

reputation as an artist,
122

retirement from painting,
74
,
81
,
105
–106,
108
,
110
,
121
–122

sale of works,
46

sculptures/three-dimensional objects,
49
,
74

serial display of works,
34
–35,
39

sex portrayed in works,
141
–142

as television artist,
85
,
86
,
87
,
88
–89,
90

as transvestite,
112

as TV artist,
83
,
84
–85

universal sameness
concept and,
57

use of outside craftspeople,
54
,
55

value of works,
100

wallpaper produced by,
109
–110,
113
,
114

worth of works,
137
.

See also
exhibitions of Warhol's work; films and videos by Warhol; sculptures/three-dimensional objects by Warhol; style of Warhol's works; subject matter of Warhol's works

Warhola, Julia,
34

Watson, Steve,
ix
,
101

Wesselman, Tom,
4
,
45

“What is art?” controversy,
xiii
–xiv,
2
,
22
,
31
,
36
,
52
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
65
–66,
69
–70,
110
–111.

See also Brillo Box(es)
(Warhol)

White, Edmund,
64
–65

Whitney Museum of Art,
66
,
80
,
106

Who Killed Andrei Warhol?
,
72

Wicked Witch of the West,
128

Williams, Tennessee,
94

Wise potato chips logo,
143

Wittgenstein, Ludwig,
37
,
60
,
92

Wolfflin, Heinrich,
61

women artists,
108
–109

Women in Revolt
film (Warhol),
112

Woodlawn, Holly,
112

World War I,
29
,
52

Woronov, Mary,
95
–96

youth culture,
92
,
125

Zotz Art,
73

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