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Informal Conversations: Additional Reading
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 - CANCELLED
"Exploiting Art to Build Your Business:
Grant Wood and 'American Gothic"
Wanda M. Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor in Art History at Stanford University
You've seen the painting "American Gothic" used to lampoon the country's First Family and to sell toothbrushes, calculators, and other merchandise. You may even have seen the original painting that shows a stern Midwestern couple with a pitchfork standing in front of a tiny farmhouse. Grant Wood's "American Gothic" has become as familiar to Americans as the "Mona Lisa".
Selected Articles
Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, access to some articles may be restricted to the Stanford community, and subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of the ideas expressed.
Vacant 'American Gothic' house home to American art history. New York Times August 2005
Grant Wood's "American Gothic" is the most recognizable painting in the history of American art, which should make the modest Carpenter Gothic structure in the background the art world's most famous house.
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How Dick Van Dyke and Paris Hilton co-opted our most famous painting. New York Magazine August 2005
From icon of culture to reality-tv spoof in seven steps.
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American Idol. Newsweek July 2005
A new book attempts to unravel the enigma behind one of the most iconic paintings produced in this, or any, country.
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The Mystic Smile: Becoming Mona Lisa. The New Republic 2003
As for the tourists who rarely set foot in a museum but know that the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world and have been constantly bombarded by reproductions of it in postcards, advertisements, posters, T-shirts, and knickknacks, what do they see?
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Selected Books
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American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting |
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Grant Wood: The Regionalist Vision |
Selected Websites
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