(Encyclopedia) pop art, movement that restored realism to avant-garde art; it first emerged in Great Britain at the end of the 1950s as a reaction against the seriousness of abstract expressionism.…
Peretti, Elsa
(Encyclopedia) Peretti, Elsa,
1940-2021, Italian model and jewelry designer, b. Florence, Italy. After
studying interior design and working as an…
Talley, André Leon
(Encyclopedia) Talley, André Leon,
1948-2022, American fashion journalist and consultant, b. Washington, D.C.;
North Carolina Central Univ. (B.A., 1970…
(Encyclopedia) Garland, Judy, 1922–69, American singer and film actress, b. Grand Rapids, Minn., originally named Frances Gumm. She sang in her father's theater from the age of four as one of The…
(Encyclopedia) Basquiat, Jean-MichelBasquiat, Jean-Michelbäsˌkē-ätˈ [key], 1960–88, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Born into a middle-class Haitian and Puerto Rican family, he was a 1980s art…
(Encyclopedia) land art or earthworks, art form developed in the late 1960s and early 70s by Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, and others, in which the artist employs the elements of…
