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... death generated and the rampant press speculation concerning the cause of the tragedy. With-in days Warhol bought a publicity still of Marilyn's from her 1952 film Niagara. This single image, cropped and presented in Warhol colors, would become the basis of all of his Marilyn portraits. The term "Pop Art" was first used by an English critic in 1958 to describe paintings that celebrate post-war consumerism and worship the god of materialism. Pop Art emerged as an art movement in the mid 1950's in England, but realized it's fullest potential in New York in the 60's. Pop Art elevated the material realities of everyday life (Campbell's Soup cans and Coca Cola bottles) to an art form. It also repackaged the visual pleasure derived from POPular culture, (TV, magazines and comics), and presented them as art. The movement blurred the distinction between fine art and commercial art techniques. Having started as a commercial ...