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American Gothic —A Famous Symbols of American Culture ;《American Gothic》;Who are they?;An old conservative man is standing on the left of the picture. On his emotionless face are glasses, through which his dull eyes are observing the modern world. 一个老保守的人是站在左边的图片。在他感情的脸的眼镜，他目光呆滞，通过它观察现代世界。 On his overalls has stitching which looks like a shadow of pitchfork which is gripped in his hand and standing in front of his body. Both of the two “forks’’ are protecting his traditional world. 他的工作服拼接，看起来像一个叉子的阴影笼罩在他的身体面前。都是两个“叉”：保护自己的传统世界。 ;This is the house provided idea to Wood. In 1930, Grant Wood, noticed a small white house built in the Carpenter Gothic architectural style in Eldon, Iowa. Wood decided to paint the house. 这个房子伍德的想法。 1930年，格兰特伍德，看到一个白色的小木匠的哥特式建筑风格的房子建在爱荷华州艾尔敦。伍德决定油漆房子。;EVALUATION（评价） With the onset of the Great Depression, it came to be seen as a depiction of steadfast American pioneer spirit.随着大萧条的来临，它来作为美国的坚定的拓荒者精神的写照。 Another reading is that it is an ambiguous fusion of reverence and parody.另一种解读是，它是一个模糊的崇敬和模仿融合。;;;;Grant Wood’s other works;BACK;Gothic literature;Gothic literature;Some banks;Gothic Painting;Stained-glass windows(彩绘玻璃）; 美国的凯尼恩学院;This just is American Gothic. A Famous Symbols of American Culture