http://www.makingmarks.net/iconic/ ramblings about all things iconic . . . like American Gothic, the Scream, La Gioconda. en Copyright 2007 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:03:08 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Grant Wood’s American Gothic caused a stir in 1930. Wood entered it in a contest sponsored by the The Art Institute of Chicago Art Institue of Chicago and he won a $300 prize for it. It instantly became a smash hit, as pantings go. The subject was a farmer and his wife. Or maybe father/daughter pair--although she looks as old as he does. Was Wood poking fun at rigid midwestern rural life or celebrating that life? The artist eventually reavealed that the models were his thirty-year old sister, Nan, and their sixty-two year old dentist. It has gone on to become the most recognizable American painting, as well as the most parodied. Green Acres, Micky & Minnie, Miss Piggy & Kermit, Marge & Homer Simpson have all been given the "gothic" treatment. ]]> http://www.makingmarks.net/iconic/2006/09/what_makes_american_gothic_ico_1.html http://www.makingmarks.net/iconic/2006/09/what_makes_american_gothic_ico_1.html American Gothic Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:03:08 -0600 this is a test entry. http://www.makingmarks.net/iconic/2006/09/test.html http://www.makingmarks.net/iconic/2006/09/test.html Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:41:21 -0600