American-Gothic美国哥特式解析课件.ppt

1、American Gothic A Famous Symbols of American Culture Speaker：周能瑜American GothicArtistGrant WoodYear1930TypeOil on beaverboard(木纤维板)LocationArt Institute of ChicagoThe The intruductionintruduction of Grant Wood of Grant WoodGrant Wood is a painter of the U.S.（1892-1942）Wood was born in Anamosa,Iowa.H

2、e was in Minneapolis to learn arts and crafts,by doing odd jobs to feed himselves.1919-1924,he taught Julian in Paris.1934,he became a professor in the Department of Fine Arts,until his death.格兰特格兰特伍德（伍德（Grant Wood，1892-1942年）美年）美国画家。伍德出生于爱荷华州的安纳摩萨。他在明尼国画家。伍德出生于爱荷华州的安纳摩萨。他在明尼阿波利斯学习手工艺，靠打零工养活自己。阿波利斯学

3、习手工艺，靠打零工养活自己。1919-1924年，他在巴黎的朱利安学院任教年，他在巴黎的朱利安学院任教 1934年后，年后，他成为美术系的一名教授，直至去世。他成为美术系的一名教授，直至去世。1920 to 1928,he traveled to Europe,Under the impact of Ike Fan Yang,He defined the personal creative style.1930,he completed his most famous painting-American Gothic Then Grant Wood taught painting in Iow

4、a art college.And he help hometown artists spent Great DepressionFebruary 12,1942,Grant Wood died due to liver cancer at the university hospital.INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION American GothicIt is one of the most famous paintings in American art,and one of the few images to reach the status of universally

5、 recognized cultural icon（象征）,comparable to Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa and Edward Munchs The Scream.Mona LisaThe ScreamuThe painting shows a man standing beside a woman.The figures were modeled by the artists dentist and sister.The woman is dressed in a colonial print apron（围裙）围裙）mimicking（模仿）模仿）1

6、9th century American and the couple are in the traditional roles of men and women,the mans pitchfork symbolizing hard labor,and the flowers over the womans right shoulder suggesting domesticity（家庭生家庭生活，顾家）活，顾家）.An old conservative man is standing on the right of the picture.On his emotionless face a

7、re glasses,through which his dull eyes are observing the modern world.一个老保守的人是站在图片的右边。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（缝合）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

8、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。INTRODUCTIONGrant Wood,American Gothic(1930)Art Institute of ChicagoThe man looks straight ahead without a focus,his lips sealed（紧闭紧闭）and his emaciated（瘦弱的；憔悴的瘦弱的；憔悴的）face written with solemnity（庄严庄严）.There is a pair of round glasses wearing on hi

9、s nose which reveals a certain degree of meticulosity（一丝一丝不苟不苟）.a)Standing beside him is a woman in a classic Victorian outfit（维多利亚时（维多利亚时代的服饰）代的服饰）.b)she does not show a single trail of smile on her face（不苟言笑不苟言笑）because rigor（严谨严谨）,restraint（矜持矜持）,industry（勤劳勤劳）and self-control（克己克己）are deemed as

10、virtues for women at that time.c)She stands slightly behind him and her eyes are staring at him.d)All appearances point to the fact that she is at the his back and call（唯他是听）（唯他是听）.This is the house provided idea to Wood.In 1930,Grant Wood,noticed a small white house built in the Carpenter Gothic ar

11、chitectural style in Eldon,Iowa.Wood decided to paint the house.就是这个房子让激发伍德的想象。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。Hello,I am the dentist of woodI am woods sisterwHYAmerican Gothic”,perhaps not be so famous,but the gothic windows in the picture,especially the farmer grave expression,

12、and the long neck wife make painter be famous overnight in 1930.The reason why it becomes a symbol of AmericanItIt describes the image of early development of ordinary farmers ,and the importance of agriculture in AmericaThe spirit of courage they had to explore.Like the gothic style of naturalism(自

13、然主义)，it stands for American peoples spirit of seeking for freedomThis painting reflects the solemn prideNot only on behalf of farmers in agriculture-dominated area,farmers cultivate the spirit of hard work,but also a symbol of the unquestionable authority and power of men.此画体现了美国农民庄严的自豪此画体现了美国农民庄严的自

14、豪像哥特式的自然主义，它代表了美国像哥特式的自然主义，它代表了美国人民追求自由的精神人民追求自由的精神它描述了早期美国农民的形象和它描述了早期美国农民的形象和农业在美国的重要性农业在美国的重要性不仅代表了早期美国是以农业占主导的国家，而且还表现不仅代表了早期美国是以农业占主导的国家，而且还表现出了农民的勤奋，和毋庸置疑的男性权利。出了农民的勤奋，和毋庸置疑的男性权利。他们探索的精神他们探索的精神EVALUATION（评价）nWith the onset of the Great Depression,it came to be seen as a depiction of steadfast

15、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。nAnother 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。nBut some art critics accused the painting is“insulting cartoons of ordinary rural people”.n一些艺术评论家指责，画的是“普通的农村人的侮辱漫画”.I agreeI disagreeBACKGrant Woods other worksThis just is American Gothic.ENDA Famous Symbols of American Culture