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The Resource Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables, Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson [and four others]

Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables, Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson [and four others]

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  • The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revolution. Wood portrayed the tension and alienation of contemporary experience. By fusing meticulously observed reality with fables of childhood, he crafted unsettling images of estrangement and apprehension that pictorially manifest the anxiety of modern life
  • "This comprehensive study of Grant Wood (1891-1942) is packed with extensive new scholarship and provides fresh insight into the career of one of the key figures of 20th-century American art. Working primarily in the traditional genres of portraiture and landscape, Wood infused his paintings with a palpable tension that is grounded in the profound epistemological and social upheavals of his time. Exploring Wood's oeuvre from a variety of perspectives, this book presents the artist's work in all of its subtle complexity and eschews the idea that Wood can be categorized simply as a Regionalist painter. Generously illustrated, Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables includes several works published here for the first time, as well as new photography of other paintings. The essays in the volume contextualize Wood's work within a much larger art-historical framework than has previously been considered; renowned scholars address topics such as the artist's literary influences, the role of gender identity in his paintings, and the parallels between Wood's work and the contemporaneous European movements of Surrealism, Neue Sachlichkeit, Precisionism, Art Deco design, and the Arts and Crafts movement. Through a careful reconsideration of Wood's career, creative process, technique, iconography, and critical reception, this book reveals for the first time the deep significance and cosmopolitan breadth of Wood's artistic vision."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
271 pages
Note
Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, organized by Barbara Haskell, curator; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 2-June 10, 2018
Contents
  • Like a book: Grant Wood's literary associations
  • Eric Banks
  • Cryptic corn: Magic realism and the art of Grant Wood
  • Emily Braun
  • Grant Wood goes gay
  • Richard Meyer
  • Plates
  • Grant Wood: a chronicle
  • Barbara Haskell
  • Foreword
  • Adam D. Weinberg
  • Grant Wood: through the past, darkly
  • Barbara Haskell
  • Willow, weep for me
  • Glenn Adamson
  • Moments of discovery: Grant Wood's theatrical paintings
  • Shirley Reece-Hughes
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9780300232844
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Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables
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Grant Wood
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American Gothic and other fables
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Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson [and four others]
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Language
eng
Summary
  • The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revolution. Wood portrayed the tension and alienation of contemporary experience. By fusing meticulously observed reality with fables of childhood, he crafted unsettling images of estrangement and apprehension that pictorially manifest the anxiety of modern life
  • "This comprehensive study of Grant Wood (1891-1942) is packed with extensive new scholarship and provides fresh insight into the career of one of the key figures of 20th-century American art. Working primarily in the traditional genres of portraiture and landscape, Wood infused his paintings with a palpable tension that is grounded in the profound epistemological and social upheavals of his time. Exploring Wood's oeuvre from a variety of perspectives, this book presents the artist's work in all of its subtle complexity and eschews the idea that Wood can be categorized simply as a Regionalist painter. Generously illustrated, Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables includes several works published here for the first time, as well as new photography of other paintings. The essays in the volume contextualize Wood's work within a much larger art-historical framework than has previously been considered; renowned scholars address topics such as the artist's literary influences, the role of gender identity in his paintings, and the parallels between Wood's work and the contemporaneous European movements of Surrealism, Neue Sachlichkeit, Precisionism, Art Deco design, and the Arts and Crafts movement. Through a careful reconsideration of Wood's career, creative process, technique, iconography, and critical reception, this book reveals for the first time the deep significance and cosmopolitan breadth of Wood's artistic vision."--Publisher's description
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Haskell, Barbara
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non fiction
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  • Adamson, Glenn
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  • Wood, Grant
  • Wood, Grant
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Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables, Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson [and four others]
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Publication
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Copyright
Note
Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, organized by Barbara Haskell, curator; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 2-June 10, 2018
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
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  • txt
  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Like a book: Grant Wood's literary associations
  • Eric Banks
  • Cryptic corn: Magic realism and the art of Grant Wood
  • Emily Braun
  • Grant Wood goes gay
  • Richard Meyer
  • Plates
  • Grant Wood: a chronicle
  • Barbara Haskell
  • Foreword
  • Adam D. Weinberg
  • Grant Wood: through the past, darkly
  • Barbara Haskell
  • Willow, weep for me
  • Glenn Adamson
  • Moments of discovery: Grant Wood's theatrical paintings
  • Shirley Reece-Hughes
Control code
1002129752
Dimensions
32 cm
Extent
271 pages
Isbn
9780300232844
Lccn
2017038812
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
99975674249
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
38341
System control number
(OCoLC)1002129752
Label
Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables, Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson [and four others]
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, organized by Barbara Haskell, curator; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 2-June 10, 2018
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Like a book: Grant Wood's literary associations
  • Eric Banks
  • Cryptic corn: Magic realism and the art of Grant Wood
  • Emily Braun
  • Grant Wood goes gay
  • Richard Meyer
  • Plates
  • Grant Wood: a chronicle
  • Barbara Haskell
  • Foreword
  • Adam D. Weinberg
  • Grant Wood: through the past, darkly
  • Barbara Haskell
  • Willow, weep for me
  • Glenn Adamson
  • Moments of discovery: Grant Wood's theatrical paintings
  • Shirley Reece-Hughes
Control code
1002129752
Dimensions
32 cm
Extent
271 pages
Isbn
9780300232844
Lccn
2017038812
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
99975674249
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
38341
System control number
(OCoLC)1002129752

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