American Gothic - A Life of American's Most Famous Painting (Paperback, New Ed)

Is there anyone who has not seen the painting of the sturdy Iowa farmer with his pitch-fork and his thin-lipped wife or daughter? Ever since it met the public eye in 1930, the work by Grant Wood entitled "American Gothic" has elicited admiration, disgust, reverence and ridicule. Painted by a self-proclaimed "bohemian" who studied in Paris, the image was first seen as a critique of Midwestern Puritanism and what H. L. Mencken called "the booboisie". During the Depression, it came to represent endurance in hard times through the quintessential American values of thrift, work and faith. Later, in television, advertising, politics and popular culture, "American Gothic" evolved into parody. With broad perspective, acute insight and humour, Steven Biel explores the strangely enduring life of America's most popular painting.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	June 2006
Authors:	Steven Biel
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32855-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
LSN:	0-393-32855-4
Barcode:	9780393328554

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