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Grant Wood : a life / R. Tripp Evans.

By: Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 402 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780307266293 :
  • 030726629X :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ND237.W795 E93 2010
Contents:
Introduction -- Paint like a man -- American, Gothic -- Wood into stone -- A fabled life -- Epilogue.
Subject: Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters. In his time he was an "almost mythical figure," recognized supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple decent, home spun tribute to our lost agrarian age. America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood, is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection ND 237 .W795 E93 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5076874

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-380) and index.

Introduction -- Paint like a man -- American, Gothic -- Wood into stone -- A fabled life -- Epilogue.

Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters. In his time he was an "almost mythical figure," recognized supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple decent, home spun tribute to our lost agrarian age. America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood, is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple.

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