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1 day ago · American Gothic, created by Grant Wood in 1930, is heralded as one of American art’s most iconic and frequently parodied pieces. This masterpiece transcends mere artistic depiction, presenting a narrative rich with traditional values, meticulous detailing, and deep symbolism that captures the quintessence of rural America in the early 20th ...
4 days ago · Under the blue sky of Iowa, a man and a woman stand solemnly in front of their house. They are farmers, as suggested by their clothing and the pitchfork the man is holding. This is Grant Wood’s American Gothic, one of the most iconic artworks in American culture. Let’s take look at the story behind this masterpiece.
5 days ago · This study reveals that the nineteenth-century American gothicists developed the gothic into an aesthetically sophisticated mode that engaged intensely with the pressing problems of American society, including moral citizenship, slavery, and the social status of women, and reimagined social realities in politically constructive manners.
1 day ago · Directed by Robert Fuest. Written by Robert Blees and Robert Fuest. Spoilers: moderate. It is in the course of things that the cash-in sequel is to be devalued and dismissed, and Dr. Phibes Rises Again has the added strike against it, to be the follow-up to one of those instant horror classics, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, which earned its ...
5 days ago · In a wide ranging series of introductory essays written by some of the leading figures in the field, this essential guide explores the world of Gothic in all its myriad forms throughout the mid-eighteenth [century] to the internet age.
5 days ago · Selected Resources for Finding Books. In its present state, The Gothic Archive is a growing digital collection of late eighteenth and nineteenth-century British Gothic chapbooks and related materials held in a variety of private and research libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
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4 days ago · In coining the phrase Hillbilly Thomism, O’Connor was looking to describe a philosophy of life for the real world, the here and now. This attitude helped insulate O’Connor from the world-weary, disillusioned zeitgeist of early 1950s writing community. Father Ference suggests O’Connor was well aware that her traditionally Catholic views on ...
