Grant wood

3ème section euro        Programme semaine du 16 mars au 27 mars

Séance 1: Describe “American Gothic” by Grant Wood ( 1930).  

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1. Present briefly,  in your own words, Grant Wood ( Time, job, artistic movement he belonged to and famous works).

Grant Wood was on born February 13, 1891, in Anamosa and he died on February 12, 1942, in Iowa city. He was an american painter who was one of the major exponents of Midwestern Regionalism,
one of his most famous paintings is "american gothic", painted in 1930.  

1. What is the major historical event that took place right before he painted this painting? Describe that event briefly: When  and when did it happen?  

On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression (1929-39), the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world up to that time. 

1. Look at this painting and describe what you can see using the guideline questions from your copybook as well as your Fine Arts Teacher’s resources.

I can see two characters who are in front of there farm which is typically american with there gothic windows which was the inspiration of Grant wood.

1. Where does the scene of this painting take place?  Is it Outdoor or indoor? In which country? Be specific.

The scene takes place outdoors in Iowa which is a state in the Midwest of the United States where Grant Wood lived when he was a child.

1. Who are the characters? How old do you think they are? What’s their job? Describe their attitude,  facial expressions and clothes. What are they doing?

The photo represents a middle-aged couple, usually interpreted as a farmer with his wife or daughter, standing in front of their house, a wooden farmhouse built in the architectural style of the 1890s, known as the Carpenter Gothic. However, little background is visible, because the characters are so close to the viewer. Wood based the farm on Dibble House, a building he saw in the small town of Edon in Iowan, and used his sister Nan and his dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby as models for the couple, dressing them with traditional clothes and by painting them with rather neutral faces with on one side his sister who looks at the horizon and his dentist on the other who looks at us in some way.

1. When does the scene take place?

The scene takes place in the morning or the middle of the day when the farmers are working because it is not really hot at these times because it is less difficult to do certain activities of the farmers outside

1. What is the atmosphere of the painting and how do you feel when you look at that painting?

when I look at this painting I have the impression of being observed by the characters who are looking at me even if the painting is very beautiful and very realistic, I still find it a little scary, it also gives a lot of compassion towards the characters who seem poor or at least less fortunate

1. Where is this painting currently exhibited?

The painting is currently exibithed at the Art Institute of Chicago

1. Watch the following video by Arte A musée vous, à musée-moi. What do you think of this scene? Write down at least 5 sentences.

I do not know why but I try with all my computers it is each time that Arte shows it to me, I know what you are going to say like "you can ask your friend" but I tried and I  didn't understand so I will try again  in youtube and if at some point it opens, I will send you the answer to this question. But in the meantime I'm really sorry even if it's not my fault, I present them to you anyway

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Séance 2: Describe “ The Problem we all live with” by Norman Rockwell ( 1963).

1. Present in 10 sentences Rockman Rockwell  (Time, job, artistic movement he belonged to and famous works).

Norman Rockwell is a famous American painter. He was inspired by his teacher

George Bridgman. He created some illustrations for Saturday evening. He lived in the 20 century. It belongs to the movement: hyperrealism. He created many famous paintings: The problem with which we all live, 1963, Before the shooting, 1958 ... He also painted the Four Freedoms. Norman Rockwell was a genius of humor and derision. With this, he painted the American dream with its faults and not its qualities. He died in 1978 at home.

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