American Gothic Art Style

Cleveland has been fortunate enough to have become home several popular museums, including The Cleveland Museum of Art. The museum is filled with impressive masterpieces from the beginning of human documented time to today’s world. This free exhibit offers an exciting, enjoyable experience to those of all ages and those of all backgrounds. From the interactive futuristic portions of the building, to the delicate works of the past, there is something at this museum to please each person’s artistic mindset.

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Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection is a cornerstone of the Art Institute of Chicago’s distinguished holdings of Post-Impressionist and modern art. Assembled by Frederic and Helen Bartlett in the early 1920s, it was presented to the museum and placed on permanent display in 1926—at a time when works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and even Georges Seurat were still considered too radical for the collections of most American institutions. Today the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection comprises some of the most important and iconic paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In this painting by Ross Dickinson it shows the impending fate of the rich individuals that populated the 1920s. With the mountains and smoke in the back creeping up of the green fields and houses that showed the prosperous life within it. Some areas getting hit faster than others, since not everyone during the 20s were ridiculously. Like George Wilson and Myrtle from The Great Gatsby who were still hanging on but could never afford the lavish life Gatsby possessed. Unlike them George and Lennie from Of Mice and Men were stuck in the time that was overtaken after that during the 1930s, but in the painting it would be shown as those little openings of grass that had already been overtaken by the mountains that have no homes and sign of life.

Both of these painting exude cool and warm colors since the blues and greens can be seen, as well as the reds and yellows in both images. Vertical poles in the Haystack seem to separate the painting which can also be seen in The Turning Road, which uses the trees as the vertical separation of the painting. In both paintings, the artists do not show where the curving road leads to, which allows your mind to wonder where you would end up if you walked along the paths, my guess is that the winding roads lead to the city and an urban lifestyle. The technique of shadowing can be seen in both of these paintings. The shadowing can be clearly seen in the realistic scene of the Haystack, and even though the painting of The Turning Road is not very realistic since it uses complementary colors for its’ shadowing technique, there is still a hint of realism portrayed in the image since the shadows are present. Even though these paintings come from different time periods and were created by two very different artists, Derain and Benton, they still share some resemblance and connection.

This source is about the Palace of fine arts how it shows off Chicago to rest of the world. The Palace of fine arts is located in Jackson Park neighborhood. Also, this building has over 10,000 artworks from across the world. Some of the history displays in this museum take more people’s attention. This building is unique because It allows a safe place for exhibits, and so it is easier to check out amazing paintings and

The Art Institute of Chicago is a world class museum with hundreds of thousands of artworks. The diverse collection spans thousands of years and includes pieces from a variety of media including painting, prints, photography, sculpture, decorative arts, textiles, architectural drawings and more. The Institute is known for its collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings including Georges Seurat's 1884 "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grand Jatte," Renoir's 1879 "Acrobats at the Circque Fernando" and numerous paintings by Claude Monet.

Why do so many artists recreate such similar compositions to that of the painting, “American Gothic” one may ask? A painting of who viewers perceive to be a farming couple, positioned in front of their white farmhouse may not seem like anything special, but perhaps it is the familiarity among viewers that make reinterpretations of the original so successful. Some may even argue that this very painting by Iowan artist Wood Grant is as familiar to Americans as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. I agree and believe this to be true to an extent; however, I question the process that it takes for the viewer to make the connection between the original from 1930, to more recent revisited images. In my essay,

Architecture has always been an integral part of society and its culture. It not only defines the space of the community that it participates in but it also shapes the community’s place in history. During the 19th century, Gothic Revival became a rapidly growing architectural movement. The Gothic Revival styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. A new group of architects began popularizing picturesque styles and started taking inspiration from nature. A style was built more honestly using natures own colors and materials, blending the architecture harmoniously into its surrounding. The Lyndhurst Mansion designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) and The Rose Hill Plantation House built in 1860 by Edward Brickell White (1806-1882) are two examples that embody the picturesque Gothic Revival.

Through the use of common themes incorporated into gothic literature, Edgar Allen Poe and Anne Rice create universal appeal to their readers. Anne Rice’s Interview With A Vampire and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven and Dream Within A Dream all create paradoxes whether within the characters self or in society.

Art is not only about what you see, it’s about what you feel when you look at it. Walking through a museum, it’s like walking through emotions. There are so many different feelings and emotions you get depending on the work of art you’re experiencing. Both works of arts I got to experience at the Getty museum were very interesting and unique. The first work of art was A Walk at Dusk (1830-1835) by German artist Caspar David Friedrich. Its medium was oil on canvas with dimensions of 33.3 x 43.7 cm. The second work of art was Mornington Crescent with the Statue of Sickert’s Father-in-law, 1966 by German artist Frank Auerbach. Its medium was also oil but on a Masonite attached to auxiliary wooden framework with dimensions of 122 x 152.5 cm. At a first look both paintings seem extremely different but when you look closer, deep in their core they are quite similar. Both paintings depict a really meaningful place, but in A Walk at Dusk the place is

When looking for an appropriated rendition of American Gothic, I noticed that although there were many options, but most of the appropriations made subtle changes to the original work. Since this work is now 87 years old and accurately depicted American life in agricultural Iowa, I wanted to find an appropriation which takes the original figures and transplants the to what would now be the suburban heartland.

Southern Gothic Literature is a subgenre of literature that took place in the nineteenth century, inspired by Gothic writing from the previous century (Surber Study.com). In Gothic writing authors oftentimes wanted to bring to light the conflicts they realized were occurring at the moment (Surber Study.com). It was one of the most commonly written genres during that time. Containing very depressing stories, oftentimes in the horror category, Southern Gothic Literature focuses on deep feelings and shocking, spooky endings rather than the common happy fairytale ending we are all usually accustomed to. Generally, the setting of Southern Gothic Literature will be down South, include supernatural elements, and the main character’s will typically

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the world’s leading modern art. Its exhibits have been a major influence in creating and stimulating popular awareness of modern art and its accompanying diversity of its styles and movements. The museum’s outstanding collections of modern painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints range from Impressionisms to current movements. Moreover, there are exhibits of modern architecture, industrial design, sculpture, photography, prints and electronic media. The museum presently has a modern art library of 300,000 books and impressive collections of films that are shown regularly. The Museum is said to be the complementary of the Metropolitan Museum

Romantic Age writers such as Washington Irving and Edgar Allen Poe offer many characteristics of the Romantic Age within their own stories. Romantic Writers often used vivid descriptions of people and nature, a larger-than-life hero or villain, and sometimes even the use of the supernatural. These topics are not the only characteristics however, many more are exemplified in the works of these men.