num_pages: 215
description: A study of the origins and multiple meanings of Grant Wood's portrait of the pitchfork-holding Iowa farming couple documents how the piece has represented midwestern Puritanism, hard-working endurance, and the often-parodied American heartland throughout different periods in history. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: American Gothic: A Life Of America's Most Famous Painting
titlecomplete: American Gothic: A Life Of America's Most Famous Painting
genres: American, History, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 114
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc