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5 apr 2024 · American Gothic, le chef-d'œuvre de Grant Wood réalisé en 1930, est l'une des œuvres les plus célèbres de l'histoire de l'art. Elle est née dans une circonstance particulière: une invitation faite au peintre pour une exposition dans les provinces de l'Amérique profonde. Et lui, arrivé sur place, fut fasciné par une maison.
American Gothic – film horror del 1988; Musica. American Gothic – album del cantautore statunitense David Ackles del 1972; American Gothic – EP della band statunitense The Smashing Pumpkins uscito il 2 gennaio 2008; Letteratura. Gotico americano (American Gothic) – romanzo di Robert Bloch del 1974
Grant Wood’s American Gothic has puzzled museumgoers, art lovers, and the average citizen since its completion in 1930. At the time of its creation, Wood was one of many artists who embraced an art style known as Regionalism—an art form that rejected European Modernist influences in favor of a more realistic and folksy approach in depicting daily rural life.
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The impetus for the painting came while Wood was visiting the small town of Eldon in his native Iowa. There he spotted a little wood farmhouse, with a single oversized window, made in a style called Carpenter Gothic. “I imagined American Gothic people with their faces stretched out long to go with this American Gothic house,” he said.
American Gothic est un tableau de Grant Wood appartenant à la Friends of American Art Collection de l'Art Institute of Chicago.Wood a été inspiré par une maison atypique conçue dans un style d'Europe médiévale dont les détails ont attiré son regard, notamment la présence d'une fenêtre supérieure aux trois arcs en ogive, semblable à celles des églises gothiques [2].
28 set 2022 · Interpretazione. Molti hanno interpretato American Gothic come il giudizio snob dell'artista nei confronti delle umili persone dell'America rurale. Come altri artisti e scrittori regionalisti ...
29 apr 2023 · The Creation of "American Gothic": Inspired by Grant Wood's painting of the same name, Parks staged a photograph of Watson standing in front of an American flag. The flag, slightly out of focus, symbolized the irony of patriotism in a society that denied African Americans their equal rights. Watson's defiant expression conveyed her resilience ...
