GENERAL LINKS
TIME’s Top 100 People of the 20th Century
http://www.time.com/time/time100/time100poll.html
TIME magazine provides profiles of the individuals it selected as the 100 most influential cultural figures of the twentieth century.
Icon Bazaar
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
This site offers a myriad of icons that can be downloaded for "limited personal use."
The Inner Doughboy
http://salon.com/media/col/shal/2000/03/23/doughboy/index.html
An article by Ruth Shalit in the 1/31/00 issue of Salon reveals how an army of admen battle to define and protect the true nature of the Jolly Green Giant, the Pillsbury Doughboy, and other advertising spokescharacters.
CreatAbiliTOYS! Museum of Advertising Icons
http://www.toymuseum.com/
Take a cybertour of this searchable collection of more than 600 advertising icons–each complete with image and history.
Cultural Objects: An Anthology of American Studies
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/objects2/main.html
This anthology of hypertext projects by students taking a course on American icons at the University of Virginia includes research strategies and links for the study of icons and hypertext techniques.
Over a Century of Mercedes-Benz History
http://www.mbusa.com/history/symbols_excel/trademarktimeline.html
A short pictorial history of the evolution of trademarks as symbols from 1902 to 1989.
SELECTION LINKS
PAIR
Sharon Olds, The Death of Marilyn Monroe
Sam Shaw, Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe in The Seven-Year Itch
The Marilyn Pages
http://www.ionet.net/~jellenc/marilyn.html
Photos, quotes, filmography, biography, and memorabilia of the ultimate golden girl.
The Seven Year Itch
www.filmsite.org/seve.html
This site offers everything you ever wanted to know about the plot and filming of The Seven Year Itch, categorized as one of the Greatest Films.
Marilyn Monroe Archives
http://members.aol.com/PjaySin/marilyn.htm
A monthly e-zine about Monroe, with plenty of photographs and Mari-links.
The Salon Interview: Sharon Olds
http://salon.com/weekly/interview960701.html
A transcript of an interview by Dwight Garner with poet Sharon Olds.
PORTFOLIO: Andy Warhol
Artchive: Andy Warhol
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Part of Artchive, an extensive resource for information about art and artists, this Andy Warhol site includes an overview of his work, selected images, and links to the many Warhol sites online.
The Andy Warhol Museum
http://www.warhol.org
Sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, this online presence for the museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, includes selected exhibitions and a virtual tour of the collection.
Paul Rand, Logos, Flags, and Escutcheons
Paul Rand
http://www.commarts.com/creative/rand
A web page on Rand’s life and work.
LOTION
http://www.ilovelotion.com/LOTIONmaster.html
The official site of Tony Zajkowski’s band, Lotion, explains how the band made the logos it displayed throughout New York City (click on "Logos" in the Picture Gallery).
Adbusters, Branding
Adbusters
http://adbusters.org/spoofads/index.html
The magazine’s online presence, with ongoing parodies of well-known ads (including those of Benetton, the Gap, and Tommy Hilfiger), galleries, and "uncommercials."
RETROSPECT: Betty Crocker
The History of Betty Crocker
http://www.generalmills.com/explore/history/BC_hist
The official General Mills site includes a brief history of Betty Crocker, including Betty portraits and a Betty timeline.
Madonna, 1982-1999
Madonna XTreme
http://www.madonnanet.com/extreme/gallery1.html
This 480-picture gallery of Madonna in her various incarnations includes links to other sites by Madonna fans.
Diller + Scofidio, Indigestion
Refresh
http://www.diacenter.org/dillerscofidio/06/index.html
An interactive exhibit of a Diller + Scofidio exhibition entitled "Refresh" plays with the relationship of text to image.
LOOKING CLOSER: The Stars and Stripes
Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art
http://artscenecal.com/PhxArtMuseum.html
The web site for the Phoenix Art Musuem provides a timeline of and articles related to the controversy that resulted when the museum exhibited "Old Glory," a collection of contemporary art using the American flag.
The Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States
http://user.aol.com/donh523/navapage/indexdbs.htm
This site displays a wide array of Native American tribal flags.
Citizen’s Flag Alliance
http://www.cfa-inc.org
Sponsored by an organization that supports the flag protection amendment, this site includes links to the pertinent issues, the latest flag news, and an opinion poll.
The Flag Burning Page
http://www.esquilax.com/flag
A good counterpoint to the Citizen’s Flag Alliance page, this site includes information about the history of flag burning and links to sites related to protesting the flag protection amendment.
Jasper Johns
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/johns
This online exhibit covering Jasper Johns’s life and career was put together by the staff of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and includes a small gallery, bibliography, and chronology of Jasper Johns’s work.
Capture the Flag: Jasper Johns’s Own Private Icon
http://www.slate.com/Art/96-10-29/Art.asp
A brief Slate article by Louis Menard analyzes Jasper Johns’s use of the flag in his art.
Art in Context: David Hammons
http://www.artincontext.com/artist/h/david_hammons
This site offers a list of current and past exhibitions of Hammons’s work.
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