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A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture.
Sep 26, 2024 · American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood completed in 1930. Grant Wood, an artist from Iowa, was a member of the Regionalist movement in American art, which championed the solid rural values of central America against the complexities of European-influenced East Coast Modernism.
Gothic literature continues to provide an alternative reading of American culture in the volatile decades from the 1960s to the present. As new voices from minority groups have emerged, they have often expressed themselves though the Gothic, while changing and enriching the Gothic tradition.
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Feb 8, 2017 · Grant Wood’s American Gothic is a painting that’s puzzled generations who’ve stopped to wonder at the real meaning behind it. We all know it: a close-cropped portrait of a grim-faced Iowan ...
Nov 7, 2019 · American Gothic has become so famous as an image that many people don’t realize that it actually was—and still is—a painting. In their minds, it is no longer an object.
"American Gothic" refers to a literary genre characterized by its portrayal of rural life, often featuring themes of isolation, fear, and the supernatural.
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In American Gothic, Grant Wood directly evoked images of an earlier generation by featuring a farmer and his daughter posed stiffly and dressed as if they were, as the artist put it, “tintypes from my old family album.” They stand outside of their home, built in an 1880s style known as Carpenter Gothic.
