American Gothic
Subtitle: a life of America's most famous painting
By: Steven Biel
Contributors: Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780393059120
Subjects: American Gothic; Public opinion; National characteristics, American, in art
Description: Describes Grant Wood's portrait of Iowa farmers, and documents how the piece has represented midwestern Puritanism, hard-working endurance, and the often-parodied American heartland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: The "original"; title: Iconoclasm; title: Icon; title: Parody.