The woman is dressed in a colonial print apron evoking 20th-century rural Americana while the man is adorned in overalls covered by a suit jacket and carries a pitchfork. The plants on the …

2024年8月18日 · 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. …

2022年4月18日 · "American Gothic" might be one of the most famous paintings in America, but how much do we really know about it? Painted in 1930 by Iowan artist Grant Wood, it depicts a …

2024年12月7日 · The pitchfork—originally a rake in Wood’s sketches for the painting—suggests the man is a farmer, although whether this is a husband and wife or a father and daughter is …

2022年7月8日 · Grant Wood’s iconic painting American Gothic is one of the most famous paintings of all time. But what drove him to paint it? It is an image that most of us know by …

2005年7月12日 · By Thomas Hoving, Grant Wood. The painting is a touchstone of American culture, depicting an upright Midwestern family on the farm. Its story is the topic of Thomas …

2020年1月30日 · Grant Wood’s painting, the American Gothic, has a Carpenter Gothic Style house with a stoic man with a pitchfork and women staring off to the side painted outside their …

2024年7月7日 · Grant Wood’s painting, the American Gothic, has a Carpenter Gothic Style house with a stoic man with a pitchfork and women staring off to the side painted outside their house.

The main figures in the painting are an elderly farmer holding a pitchfork—which most likely symbolizes his male role as a laborer—and a woman standing beside him who could be …

2023年3月26日 · The painting’s stern-faced farmer represents the stoic resilience of the American people during hard times. His pitchfork symbolizes the hard work and determination required …