Importance of Customer Satisfaction

Importance of Customer Satisfaction Customer Service Introduction According to Hansemark and Albinsson(2004), satisfaction is an overall customer attitude towards a service provider, or an emotional reaction to the difference between what customers anticipate and what they receive, regarding the fulfilment of some need, goal or desire. Customer loyalty, on the other hand, according to Anderson and Jacobsen (2000) is actually the result of an organisation creating a benefit for a customer so that they will maintain or increase their purchases from the organisation. True customer loyalty is created when the customer becomes an advocate for the organisation, without incentive. To be successful, organizations must cater to the needs, wants and demands of their customers. That is the reason why many companies have continuously focused on the importance of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, it has a positive effect on an organisations profitability. There is also a close and positive connection between customer satisfaction and loyalty. Therefore, customer satisfaction and loyalty are all very important for an organization to be successful. Many researchers have looked into the importance of customer satisfaction. Kotler(2000) defined satisfaction as: a persons feelings (pleasure or disappointment) resulting from comparing a product performance in relation to his or her expectations. Hoyer and MacInnis (2001) said that satisfaction can be associated with feelings of acceptance, happiness, relief, excitement, and delight. There are many factors that affect customer satisfaction. According to Hokanson (2001), these factors include: friendly employees, courteous employees, knowledgeable employees, helpful employees, accuracy of billing, billing timeliness, competitive pricing, service quality, good value, billing clarity and quick service. In order to achieve customer satisfaction, organisations must be able to fulfil their customers needs and wants (La Barbera and Mazursky, 2000). Customers needs state the felt deprivation of a customer (Kotler, 2000).Whereas customers wants, according to Kotler (2000) refer to the form taken by human needs as they are shaped by culture and Individual personality. However, Bowen and Chen (2001) said that having satisfied customers is not enough, there has to be extremely satisfied customers. This is because customer satisfaction leads to customer loyalty. Bansal and Gupta (2001):Building customer loyalty is not a choice any longer with businesses: its the only way of building sustainable competitive advantage. Building loyalty with key customers has become a core marketing objective shared by key players in all industries catering to business customers. The strategic imperatives for Building a loyal customer base is as: Focus on key customers Proactively generate high level of Customer satisfaction with every Interaction Anticipate customer needs and respond to them before the competition does Build closer ties with customers Create a value perception Sivadas and Baker-Prewitt (2000) said there is an increasing recognition that the ultimate objective of customer satisfaction measurement should be customer loyalty. Fornell (2002) said high customer satisfaction will result in increased loyalty for the firm and that customers will be less prone to overtures from competition. This view was also shared by Anton (2002) who said that satisfaction is positively associated with repurchase intentions, likelihood of recommending a product or service, loyalty and profitability. Loyal customers would purchase from the firm over an extended period of time. (Evans and Berman, 2003). Guiltinan, Paul and Madden (2001) said that satisfied customers are more likely to be repeat (and even become loyal) customers. Sivadas and Baker-Prewitt (2000) Satisfaction also influences the likelihood of recommending a departmental store as well as repurchase but has no direct impact on loyalty. Thus satisfaction in itself will not translate into loyalty. However, satisfaction will foster loyalty to the extent that it is a prerequisite for maintaining a favourable relative attitude and for recommending and repurchasing from the Store. Once customers recommend a department store it shows loyalty towards that store. Thus the key to generating loyalty is to get customers to recommend a store to others. Also, customers are likely to recommend a department store when they are satisfied with that store and when they have a favourable relative attitude towards that store. Evans and Berman (2003): Companies with satisfied customers have a good opportunity to convert them into loyal customers who purchases from those firms over an extended period. Conclusion Based on the views and research, it can be concluded that customer satisfaction is very important. Thus, though customer satisfaction does not guarantee repurchase on the part of the customers but still it plays a very important part in ensuring customer loyalty. This point has been echoed by Gerpott et al. (2001) when they said customer satisfaction is a direct determining factor in customer loyalty, which, in turn, is a central determinant of customer retention. Therefore, according to me, organisations should always strive to ensure that their customers are very satisfied. References Anderson, H. Jacobsen P. N., 2000, Creating Loyalty: Its Strategic Importance in Your Customer Strategy. Bansal, S. Gupta, G., 2001, Building Customer Loyalty Business-to-Business Commerce. Bowen, J. T. Chen, S. L., May 2001, the Relationship between Customer Loyalty and Customer Satisfaction, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality. Evans, J. R. Lindsay, W. M., 2003, the Management and Control of Quality. 3rd Ed. Guiltinan, J. P., Paul, G. W. Madden, T. J.,2001, Marketing Management: Strategies and Programs Hansemark, O. C. Albinson, M., 2004, Customer Satisfaction and Retention: The Experiences of Individual Employees, Managing Service Quality. Hoyer, W. D. MacInnis, D. J., 2001, Consumer Behaviour. 2nd Ed. Hokanson, S., January 2, 2001, The Deeper You Analyse, The More You Satisfy Customers Kotler, P., 2000, Marketing Management. 10th Ed. LaBarbera, P. A. Mazursky, D., 2000, A Longitudinal Assessment of Consumer Satisfaction. Sivadass, E. Baker-Prewitt, J. L., 2000, An Examination of the Relationship Between Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, and Store Loyalty.

Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism is a movement of the revival of a classical style of ancient Greece and/ or ancient Rome in decorative arts, literature, architecture, and music. One such movement was dominant in Europe from the mid-18th to the 19th centuries. Neoclassicism focuses on symmetry, primarily with the use of circles and squares. The use of triangular pediments and domed roofs is also prevalent among Neoclassical architecture. These characteristics were affected by the Age of Reason’s ideas that architecture should be logical and balanced instead of over decorative. Neoclassicism was influential in the decorative arts too.Furniture was designed by designers and produced by furniture makers. One famous architect who designed furniture is Robert Adam. In contrast to the cabriole style leg, he used straight legs and he designed his own patterns on the backs of his chair. Robert Adam’s decorative arts can be seen in the interiors, such as in the Etruscan Room (figure 1) at Osterley Park House. Here, Robert Adam uses classical Roman decorative motifs inspired by Herculaneum and Pompeii. Adam also designed flat grotesque panels, which were inspired from Roman mural painting. figure 1Although neoclassical architecture was primarily influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, it become a movement of its own, with its own standards and leading figures. The Rotunda (figure 2) by Andrea Palladio was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. It in turn, was inspired by Brunelleschi’s double walled pointed arch dome. The large windows used became know as Palladian windows, which is a prominent feature in neoclassical architecture. The Rotunda then influenced the Chiswick House (figure 3) designed by Lord Burlington. The Chiswick House has a simple symmetrical plan and consist of many Palldian style architectural elements.The Chiswick House then influenced Thomas Jeffreson’s Monticello in the United States. figure 2figure 3 By the late 18th century, Thomas Jeffer son had embraced the neoclassical style in his designs for Monticello (figure 4) and the Virginia State Capitol (figure 5). Monticello was based on the neoclassical principles of Andrea Palladio. Monticello is similar in appearance to the Chiswick House. The Virginia State Capitol is the first Neoclassical building in the United States, inspired by the Mason Carae, with Etruscan stairs, portico, and triangular pediment. Jefferson advocated Neoclassicism as the official rchitectural style of the United States, also known as the Federal style after the American Revolution. For Jefferson, it implied new democracy by tracing its roots back to Greece, the origin of democracy. (figure 4)(figure 5) Neoclassicism was more than just an antique revival; it was a reaction against the over decorative Baroque Art and the Rococo Art of the times. Striving for equality after the revolution of United States and France, Neoclassicism quickly expanded and influenced Europe and North America in decora tive arts, literature, architecture, and music.In the end, it also lead people to a new way of thinking. Bibliography Buie Harwood, Bridgate May, and Curt Sherman, Architecture and Interior Design through the 18th Century. Encyclopedia Britannica, NEOCLASSICISM, http://lilt. ilstu. edu/jhreid/neoclassicism. htm Architecture 411, Neo-Classical Architecture, http://www. architecture411. com/notes/note. php? id_note=6 GreatBuildings, Neo-Classical Architecture, http://www. greatbuildings. com/types/styles/neo-classical. html

Why We Crave Horror Movies

In â€Å"Why We Crave Horror Movies†, Stephen King theorizes that everyone is mentally ill to some degree – some people Just hide it better than others. King tongue in cheek observation is offered with a touch of humour to alleviate the discomfort which the reader might feel if at any time there was the thought that this actually might be true. Horror movies, like scary stories and thrilling amusement park rides, allow us to challenge our fears, to show that we are not afraid, to prove that we can.King roposes that these activities confirm for each of us our normality, while also appealing to the worst in all of us, as they allow the freeing of our fantasies without fear of reprisal or repercussion. This is fun with a twist, macabre and voyeuristic, and enjoyed from the particular vantage point of knowing that it is not real, and more importantly, that it cannot happen to us. The thrill ofa horror movie allows not only a suspension of reality, but also of the cynical, J aded view of reality that we feel, as adults, we must bring to bear n our lives.Everyone has demons, which require exorcising, or as King notes, exercising. There is a level of acceptance in society which governs our actions, which is why we need something to achieve the release of these otherwise unacceptable thoughts, hence the need for the sick Joke, the scary ride, the horror movie. In the end, we are not judged by our level of sanity but rather by the socially acceptable degree of our actions, of our particular form of insanity. Why We Crave Horror Movies In the essay, â€Å"Why We Crave Horror Movies† Stephen King attempts to explain why we love horror movies, and he gives a few different reasons why people go to see horror movies. People want to show that they are not scared; people want to have fun; but the main reason that he suggests is that we are insane and we need to watch horror movies to keep that insanity locked up in society. He uses a variety of argumentative strategies and literally decides to prove his thesis. On the other side, King surprised me by the reasons and comparisons he made and gave about why people watch horror movies, but then, the essay went off into tangents that I did not expect. Conversely, Stephen King gives his first thesis that â€Å"I think that we’re all mentally ill†¦Ã¢â‚¬  King presents a case that every person intentionally watches horror to keep one’s under control— well fed, but under control. â€Å"It deliberately speaks to all that is worst in us. It is morbidity unchained, our most base instincts let free, our nastiest fantasies realized†¦and it all happens, fittingly enough, in the dark. King says the basic reason why people will pay money to watch gore is like riding a roller coaster, â€Å"to show that we can, that we are not afraid†¦to re-establish our feelings of essential normality†¦and we go to have fun. † King tries to make the case that murderous insanity is in the same category as public nose picking . The potential lyncher or saint needs to be â€Å"let loose to scream and roll around in the grass. † Why over-work the good emotional muscles and neglect the muscle-tone of those less desirable? There is a logical fallacy in the title of his article, because not everyone craves horror movies. King eventually tells the truth concerning horror movies, which becomes the key to understanding why certain people crave. First, he says,† the horror movie is innately conservative, even reactionary. † What is being held back? What is being reacted against? All that is good, and he writes, â€Å"If we share a brotherhood of man, then we also share an insanity of man. None of which is intended as defense of either the sick joke or insanity but merely as an explanation of why the best horror films, like the best fairy tales, manage to be reactionary, anarchistic, and revolutionary all at the same time. However, I agree with Stephen King’s statement that we are all mentally ill, because mental health or mental illness is conditional to whether our actions interfere with daily task that are acceptable responses to demands and opportunities. In addition, we are all capable of crossing the line between acceptable and unacceptable actions that determine being classified as sane or insane. Horror movies allow us to view and emotionally experience the consequences of insane actions. I am also agreeing that horror movies appeal to all that is worst in us. Horror movies allow us to experience extreme emotional excitement through unacceptable actions acted out in the films. People crave the thrill they receive from experiencing extreme nervousness, disgust, panic, and fear. Horror films cause these sudden, temporary emotions and reactions, but will not interfere with our daily lives once we leave the theater. Packed theaters showing horror films and best selling horror novels are proof that people crave the thrill derived from viewing or imagining insane actions and their consequences. This article tells about how all people are somewhat insane. King says it is our levels of insanity that make us all different. Our insanity is what makes us crave sick, unnatural, and wicked things in life. Specifically, he tells about people’s obsession with horror movies and wanting to watch other human beings be tortured in some frightful manner. We want to feel afraid. For some people, this is done to prove their bravery. Others do this in hopes to make their own lives seem more normal. Although I thought this essay was somewhat difficult to understand, I do agree with the main points of it. I do not understand why I enjoy watching other people be brutally murdered in horror movies; however, I see it as more of an adrenaline rush than insanity. I was also somewhat offended when King commented on baby jokes. He said that the enjoyment of that type of sick joke is insanity. In reality, these jokes are not real; therefore, I do not see the insanity in chuckling at this type of joke. If people actually enjoyed seeing people slaughtered in real life, then I would think that they are mentally ill, but as long as it is just acting, I believe this lifestyle is a craving for entertainment, not insanity. Why We Crave Horror Movies In â€Å"Why We Crave Horror Movies†, Stephen King theorizes that everyone is mentally ill to some degree – some people Just hide it better than others. King tongue in cheek observation is offered with a touch of humour to alleviate the discomfort which the reader might feel if at any time there was the thought that this actually might be true. Horror movies, like scary stories and thrilling amusement park rides, allow us to challenge our fears, to show that we are not afraid, to prove that we can.King roposes that these activities confirm for each of us our normality, while also appealing to the worst in all of us, as they allow the freeing of our fantasies without fear of reprisal or repercussion. This is fun with a twist, macabre and voyeuristic, and enjoyed from the particular vantage point of knowing that it is not real, and more importantly, that it cannot happen to us. The thrill ofa horror movie allows not only a suspension of reality, but also of the cynical, J aded view of reality that we feel, as adults, we must bring to bear n our lives.Everyone has demons, which require exorcising, or as King notes, exercising. There is a level of acceptance in society which governs our actions, which is why we need something to achieve the release of these otherwise unacceptable thoughts, hence the need for the sick Joke, the scary ride, the horror movie. In the end, we are not judged by our level of sanity but rather by the socially acceptable degree of our actions, of our particular form of insanity.

Poems of Siegfried Sassoon - 2159 Words

POETRY With the poems of Siegfried Sassoon we are moving from the conventional way of writing in the approach of the issue of war, in what sense First of all his approach is an anti- war approach , he is not encouraging young people to join the war , he speaking of war as being a cause of death. Because he is less conventional; he is less traditional , he is writing poems labeled until now as anti war poems , we find the division of his sentences, rhyme in words, the division of the poem into 2 stanzas, conversational style, we can say that he is turning to heritage that is used by the modernists . If we are to examine this poem with other poems from the modern literature , we will find that it does complete some of the demands†¦show more content†¦The soldiers are shedding their blood to allow a new race to grow and come out from his land , their blood is the price of this race. Look at the idea he is presenting in sending these young soldiers to war , trying to convince the listeners and the soldiers day by day ,that when you join the war you will become more mature , more experienced and you will gain honor ,for yourself and family, you are purifying your land by your own blood . Let s see how many times the word they has been repeated 4 times in 6 lines , forgetting about the soldiers identities and individuality , so the group is not meant as individual, the decision maker can make use of them to defeat the other party without having to give them identities and different personalities . They will not be the same ..he is not concentrating on something specific. Who is the anti-Christ Speaking of the enemy, the church is criticizing the other countries believes, he is generalizing , in fact this stanza is written in an ironical way, to satirize and attack the bishop who stands for all the bishops of the other churches in England at that time who is making a kind of a propaganda for the sake of the decision maker = the political system , so they are practicing this attribute of advertising , and emphasizing the idea of war on the society , he is speaking in theShow MoreRelatedSiegfried Sassoon ´s Poem811 Words   |  3 Pagespoet, Siegfried Sassoon, who created poems that vividly portrayed his experiences of being a soldier in one of the world’s largest wars. Siegfried Sassoon’s poems gave people back home a clear picture of what was really going on and what conditions the soldiers had to live under during the years that the war lasted. 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These ideas are represented in the 2 poems â€Å"The Soldier† by Rupert Brookes and â€Å"Counter Attack† by Siegfried Sassoon. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an accomplished poet in WW1. Unlike Sassoon, Brooke never fought at the front line, but joined the Mediterranean Navy where he died of a mosquito bite. Rupert Brooke expressed his feelings about war (war being a heroic act) through poems such as â€Å"The Soldier† where he talks about the solemnity of the soldier and

The Character of Oedipus in Oedipus and The Infernal Machine

The Character of Oedipus in Oedipus and The Infernal Machine The stories of Oedipus, as told through Senecas Oedipus and Cocteaus The Infernal Machine, contain both similarites and differences. Both authors portray the character of Oedipus as being obstinate, ignorant, and inquisitive. Yet Seneca and Cocteau differ on their interpretation of the motives that propelled these characteristics of Oedipus. Seneca portrays Oedipus as a mature man who, in seeing the troubles of the plague that has descended upon Thebes, feels true sorrow for his dying people and wishes to cure his moribund city. On the other hand, Cocteaus Oedipus is a pretentious, immature, and overweening young adult who seeks to indulge himself in the fast and†¦show more content†¦that I killed the King so that I could marry her. Cocteau, Infernal Machine, p.90 In this quote, so too is Cocteaus Oedipus seemingly blind to the virtually obvious, choosing instead to believe Tiresiass wishes in admitting Oedipuss horrible deeds, were only to seize control of the throne. Jocasta and Creon also try to warn Oedipus of the impending truth, but it is to no avail, as Oedipus will not heed their pleas. Contrary to one another, are Seneca and Cocteaus views on Oedipuss reasons for being so pertinacious in his search for the killer of Laius. Senecas Oedipus, a stately, old, and sage man, is committed to his role as king. But under the present circumstances, in which a horrible plague ravages Thebes, Oedipus with all his human powers a nd abilities, is not able to provide assistance. Only can he pray that somehow it might all go away. And yet I posed my riddle. Next, a shriek- and her impatient claws ripped at the rock and not my entrails. But that tangled mess, her dark enigma, I solved nonetheless. Sen. Oed. 10 In his encounter with the Sphinx, Oedipus bravely faces the beast and answers the riddle that had been indecipherable for so many other men. He arrived in Thebes a true hero, was welcome as their king, and subsequently commenced his benevolent rule. Cocteaus Oedipus, on the other hand, is a much more immature and haughty character. And while Senecas Oedipuss persistence stemmed from his wish to save the citizens of hisShow MoreRelated Sophocles Oedipus the King and Cocteaus The Infernal Machine1440 Words   |  6 PagesSophocles Oedipus the King and Cocteaus The Infernal Machine   Ã‚  Ã‚   Sophocles Oedipus the King and Cocteaus The Infernal Machine relate the same story, yet from quite different angles. Sophocles play is written in heightened language and spends 1,530 lines on an hour of time. On the other hand, Cocteaus characters speak colloquially, and his 96 pages cover 17 years, putting much more emphasis on the events prior to where Sophocles begins his play. Sophocles and Cocteau present Oedipus characterRead More Comparing The Infernal Machine and Oedipus Rex Essay1443 Words   |  6 PagesComparing The Infernal Machine and Oedipus Rex (the King)   Ã‚  Ã‚   The myth of Oedipus’s incest and parricide has been retold many different times. The basic story line has remained the same. Oedipus leaves Corinth to try to escape a fate of incest and parricide. After he leaving the city, he ends up saving Thebes from the Sphinx, becoming king of the city and in the process fulfilling the prophecy. The character of Oedipus changes in each play to help support a different meaning to the entire mythRead MoreThe, The Infernal Machine, And Ubu Roi By Alfred Jarry1609 Words   |  7 Pagesdiscussed in class, Antigone by Jean Anouilh, The Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau, and Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry, there is a prodigious depiction of female characters and power that come in numerous ways. In The Infernal Machine there are female characters, such as Jocasta and the Sphinx, who show power and authority. Likewise, in â€Å"Antigone,† characters, such as Antigone and her sister, Ismene, also show power and supremacy. In Ubu Roi, the main character that showed power through rule was Mere Ubu.

Personal Narrative My Independence Day - 1134 Words

The summer of 2013 felt like it was just beginning, but it was coming to an end; an end that would last what seemed like forever. That summer I learned things about myself that I never knew or even thought could be true. I learned how to deal with emotionally painful situations because on July 4th, 2013, I found out my Dad would soon pass away. Still to this day independence day is my least favorite day of the year, and July my least favorite month. I realized different ways that loss affected people; some experience it as soon as it happens, others can get stuck in a state of shock. My father dying has provoked me to think about why we do things and the ways people grieve. I woke up in the guest bedroom of my grandparents’†¦show more content†¦As we entered into Houston traffic, I became more and more worried about my dad. I looked out of the window of my grandpa’s red Cadillac and watched us zoom over all the overpasses. It was around ten p.m., so we did not go to the hospital that night; instead, my paternal grandfather took me to my maternal grandmother’s house. She lived in a suburb of Houston called Pecan Grove. I was angry at my grandfather for not letting me go straight to the hospital, but I was tired, so I didn t argue. The next morning around seven my grandfather came and picked me so that we could go see my dad. As we arrived, everyone was just sitting there in the dull gray chairs that were in the waiting room including my brother, sister, soon to be ex-stepmom, my dad’s girlfriend, and my grandmother and grandfather. They were all sobbing; it was almost as if you could feel their pain. The nurse came to me and told me I could go back into my dad ´s room. As I walked through the suffocating gray hallway, I read a sign in front of the entrance I was directed to, and it said â€Å"ICU,† or intensive care unit. I knew from that point on that he would look much worse than I had imagined. 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Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop Biography Essay Example For Students

Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop: Biography Essay Andy showed an early talent in drawing and painting. After high school he studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute biotechnology in Pittsburgh. Warhol graduated in 1949 and went to New York where he worked as an illustrator for magazines like Vogue and Harpys Bazaar and for commercial advertising. He soon became one of New Works most sought of and successful commercial illustrators. The Pop Icon In 1952 Andy Warhol had his first one-man show exhibition at the Hugo Gallery in New York. In 1956 he had an important group exhibition at the renowned Museum of Modern Art, In the sixties Warhol started painting daily objects of mass production like Campbell Soup cans and Coke bottles. Soon he became famous figure in the New York art scene, Prom 1962 on he started making silkscreen prints of famous personalities like Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor. The strength of Andy Warhol art was to remove the difference between fine arts and the commercial arts used for magazine illustrations, comic books, record albums or advertising campaigns. Warhol once expressed his philosophy in one poignant sentence: When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums. The Factory The pop artist not only depicted mass products but he also wanted to mass produce his own works Of pop art. Consequently he founded The Factory in 1962. It was an art studio where he employed in a rather chaotic way art workers to mass produce mainly prints and posters but also Other items like shoes designed by the artist. The first location of the Factory was in 231 E. 47th Street, 5th Floor (between 1st 2nd Eve). Whorls favorite printmaking technique was silkscreen. It came closest to his idea of proliferation of art. Apart from being an Art Producing Machine, the Factory served as a filmmaker studio. Warhol made over 300 experimental underground films most rather bizarre and some rather pornographic. His first one was called Sleep and showed nothing else but a man sleeping over six hours, Nearly Murdered In July to 1968 the pop artist was shot two to three times into his chest by a woman named Valerie Solaris. Andy was seriously wounded and only narrowly escaped death. Valerie Solaris had worked occasionally tort the artist in the Factory, Solaris had founded a group named SCUM (Society for Cutting up Men) and she was its sole member. When Valerie Solaris was arrested the day after, her words were He had too much control over my life, Warhol never recovered completely from his wounds and had to wear a bandage around his waist for the est. of his life. Andy Warhol Art in the Seventies After this assassination attempt the pop artist made a radical turn in his process of producing art. The philosopher Of art mass production now spent most Of his time making individual portraits of the rich and affluent of his time like Mice Jaeger, Michael Jackson or Brigit Aboard. Whorls activities became more and more entrepreneurial. He started the magazine Interview and even a night-club. In 1974 the Factory was moved to 860 Broadway. In 1975 Warhol published THE philosophy of Andy Warhol. In this book he describes what art is: Making money s art, and working is art and good business is the best art. A Bizarre Personality Warhol was a homosexual with a slightly bizarre personality. In the fifties he dyed his hair straw-blond. Later he replaced his real hair by blond and silver-grey wigs. The pop artist loved cats, and images of them can be found on quite a few of his art works. One of Antas friends described him as a true workaholic. Warhol was obsessed by the ambition to become famous and wealthy, And he knew he could achieve the American dream only by hard work. In his last years Warhol promoted other artists like Keith Haring or Robert Manipulators. Andy Warhol died February 22, 1987 from complications after a gall bladder operation. More than 2000 people attended the memorial mass at SST. Patriots Cathedral. The pop art icon Warhol was also a religious man -a little known fact. Outwears later, in May 1994 the Andy Warhol Museum opened in his home town Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Warhol, Andy Related: United States Art Biographies 1928-87, American artist and filmmaker, b. Pittsburgh as Andrew Warhol. The leading exponent Of the pop art movement, Warhol chose his imagery from the world of commonplace objects such as dollar bills, soup cans, soft-drink bottles, ND soap-pad boxes. He is variously credited With attempting to ridicule and to celebrate American middle-class values by erasing the distinction be,even popular and high culture. Monotony and repetition became the hallmark Of his multi-image. Mass-produced silk-screen paintings: for many of these, such as the portraits Of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy, he employed newspaper photographs. He and his assistants worked out of a large New York studio dubbed the Factory. In the mid. Sass Warhol began making films, suppressing the personal element in marathon essays on boredom. In The Chelsea Girls 1966), a seven-hour voyeuristic look into hotel rooms, he used projection techniques that constituted a startling divergence from established methods. Among his later films are Trash (1971) and L Amour (1973). With Paul Morrissey, in 1974 Warhol also made the films Frankincense and Drachma. In 1973, Warhol launched the magazine Interview, a publication centered upon his fascination with the cult of the cel ebrity. He died from complications following surgery, The Andy Warhol Museum, which exhibits many of his works, opened in Pittsburgh in 1994, led prefer to remain a mystery, never like to give my background and, nap. Ay, I make it all up different every time Im asked. He was one of the most enigmatic figures in American art. His work became the definitive expression of a culture obsessed with images. He was surrounded by a coterie of beautiful bohemians with names like Viva, Candy Darling, and ultra Violet. He held endless drug- and sex-filled parties, through which he never stopped working. Andy Warhol: Influence on the Twentieth Century Pop Art Movement EssayAs Susan Sonata had reported in her seminal 1964 essay Notes on Camp,' camp embraced extravagance, effeminacy, and an obsession with surface appearances. Indeed, the gayness that Warhol projected in both his art and his public persona entrusted sharply with the macho posturing that had dominated the art world in the asses. But such openness carried a price. When Warhol asked why his idols, Jasper Johns and Robert Reassurances, avoided him, a mutual friend, filmmaker Emil De Antonio, answered, Okay, Andy, if you really want to hear it straight, Ill lay it out for you. Youre too swish, and that upsets them In defiance, Warhol emphasized his effeminacy even more. Like Johns and Reassurances, Warhol was influenced by the ideas of Marcel Decamp, manifested particularly in the recycling of imagery that both celebrates and berets modern mass culture. Whorls silk-screened repetitions Fuchs mundane objects as soup cans and Brills boxes, and similarly mass-produced icons such as film stars, made them chic. His appropriations comment, coolly and ironically, on the collapse of the distinction be,even high and popular art, and on modern obsessions With consumer goods and media-manipulated celebrity. From childhood Warhol embraced the myth of stardom. His attraction to the young and famous motivated some Of his first silkscreen paintings, Which were based on images of Troy Donahue and Elvis Presley and date from 1962. Whorls identification with these celebrities is tuft. Fold, both as objects of desire and as role models. But he also screened images of death and disasters taken from the tabloids. When the theme of tragedy coincided with his fascination with stardom, Warhol found the subjects of his best-known groups of celebrity portraits: Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jacqueline Kennedy. In his gold Marilyn series, initiated shortly after her suicide in August 1962, Warhol contrived the effect to a gilded Byzantine icon, but substituted for the Virgin Mary an image whose face is suffused with eroticism. It stunningly evokes the need to love and to be loved. With his increasing success, Warhol became a celebrity himself, Hailed as court painter to the ass, he amassed a fortune, Critics debate whether his later silkscreen portraits celebrate or satirized the worlds of money, glamour, and style that he himself increasingly inhabited. Whorls characteristic attitude remained deadpan; he insisted that his work had no meaning. Despite his persona of decadent artist, Warhol clung to what might seem, in the context of the jet-set glamour of his public image, an archaic piety. He maintained a diet, surreptitious devotion to the Catholic Church. He was never political, and more a voyeuristic dandy than an engaged homosexual. Nevertheless he supported the careers Of gay artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basque. He died on February 22, 1987, soon after gall bladder surgery. His will established a foundation to help young artists. Today Warhol has entered the canon of significant American artists, his importance signaled by the fact that Pittsburgh has named a museum in his honor and retrospectives of his career attract large crowds. As Robert Summers points out, however, even supposedly impressive exhibits distort his achievement by white-washing him as asexual and divesting his work of its queerer content and connections. Warhol, Andy (as artist) (1928-1987) 1 coos. Even his first major appearance as an artist in 1961 was commercial: five paintings as backdrop in a display window at New Works Bobbin Teller department store. Born Andrew Warhol, Jar, on August 6, 1928 into a working- class family in Forest Cubby, Pennsylvania, Warhol attended art school at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, He moved to New York in 1949, Johns and Robert Reassurances Whorls work needs to be seen as part of the intentions pluralism in the arts that characterized the early asses, as artists joined the assault on conventional pieties and prejudices. In 1966 Time because it insisted on reducing art to the trivial, by which Time meant camp. As Susan Sonata had reported in her seminal 1364 essay Notes on Camp,' camp embraced extravagance, effeminacy, and an Obsession With surface appearances. Indeed, the gayness that Warhol projected in both his art and his public persona contrasted sharply With the macho posturing that had dominated the art world in the asses. But such openness carried a price. When Warhol seed Why his idols, Jasper Johns and Robert Reassurances, avoided him, 3 mutual friend, filmmaker Emil De Antonio, answered, Okay, Andy, bayou really want to hear it straight, Ill lay it out for you. Youre too swish, and that upsets them. In defiance, Warhol emphasized his effeminacy even more. Like Johns and Reassurances, Warhol was influenced by the ideas of Marcel Decamp, subverts modern mass culture. Whorls silk-screened repetitions of such and ironically, on the collapse of the distinction between high and popular art, and on modern obsessions with consumer goods and media-manipulated celebrity. From childhood Warhol embraced the myth of stardom, His attraction to the young and famous motivated some of his first silkscreen paintings, which Whorls identification with these celebrities is two-fold, both as objects of desire with stardom, Warhol found the subjects of his best-known groups Of celebrity contrived the effect of a gilded Byzantine icon, but substituted for the Virgin Mary an image Whose face is suffused With eroticism. It stunningly evokes the need to love and to be loved. With his increasing success. Warhol became a celebrity himself. Hailed as court painter to the ass, he amassed a fortune. Critics debate f the jet-set glamour of his public image, an archaic piety, He maintained a and more a voyeuristic dandy than an engaged homosexual, Nevertheless he supported the careers to gay artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basque, He died on February 22, 1987, soon after gall bladder surgery, His will established a foundation to help pun artists. Today Warhol has entered the screenwriter A stencil process in which the stencil is placed on a screen. Ink is forced through the screen onto paper, fabric, or metal, forming a distinct layer of pigment on the surface.