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14.19: Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans

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    Steven Zucker and Sal Khan try to answer why something is qualified as art. They use Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans to illustrate their points.

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    Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962, synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, each 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm), (The Museum of Modern Art).

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    • Why is this art? Andy Warhol, Campbells Soup Cans. Authored by: Sal Khan and Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/pop/v/andy-warhol-campbell-s-soup-cans-why-is-this-art. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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