Bibliograph

Grant Wood, American Gothic and other fables, Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Eric Banks, Emily Braun, Richard Meyer, Shirley Reece-Hughes

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Label

Grant Wood, American Gothic and other fables, Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Eric Banks, Emily Braun, Richard Meyer, Shirley Reece-Hughes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Grant Wood

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

1002129752

Responsibility statement

Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Eric Banks, Emily Braun, Richard Meyer, Shirley Reece-Hughes

Sub title

American Gothic and other fables

Summary

The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revolution. Wood portrayed the tension and alienation of contemporary experience. By fusing meticulously observed reality with fables of childhood, he crafted unsettling images of estrangement and apprehension that pictorially manifest the anxiety of modern life

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American Gothic and other fables

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