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1、AmericanGothicMadebyBlueChenGroupTheGothsTheGothswereanEastGermanictribeofScandinavian（斯堪的那维亚人）originwhoplayedanimportantroleinthehistoryoftheRomeEmpireaftertheyappearedonitslowerDanubefrontierinthe3rdcentury.Throughouttheirhistory,theGothsfoundedseve
2、ralpowerfulkingdomsinEurope,andplayedthemajorroleinthedefeatoftheHuns（匈奴）andtheinitiationoftheReconquista(再征服).NowadaystheGothsmostlymeantoPunkTheancientGothsPunkGothicArchitectureGothicarchitectureisastyleofarchitecturethatflourishedduringthehighandl
3、atemedievalperiod.ItevolvedfromRomanesquearchitectureandwassucceededbyRenaissancearchitecture.AAstoneskeletoncomprisingclusteredcolumnsandpointedribbedvaultsflyingbuttressesGothicnovelandmovieTheliteraryGothicoccurredabout1800ACitscharecteristicsistoe
4、mbodyanappreciationofthejoysofextremeemotion,thethrillsoffearfulnessandaweinherentinthesublime,andaquestforatmosphere.GrantDeVolsonWoodGrantDeVolsonWoodwastheauthorofabovepaintingcalledAmericanGothic.HewasborninAnamosa,Iowa,inFebruary13,1891;Hebeganas
5、anapprenticeinalocalmetalshopafterhisfatherdiedin1901;AftergraduatingfromWashingtonHighShcool,WoodenrolledinanartschoolinMinneapolis in1910.In1913heenrolledatthe SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago anddidsomeworkasasilversmith.From1920to1928hemadefourtri
6、pstoEurope,wherehestudiedmanystylesofpainting,especiallyimpressionismandpostimpressionism.Woodtaughtpaintingatthe UniversityofIowa’sSchoolofArt inwhichheproducedavarietyofhisownworksfrom1934to1941.OnFebruary12,1942,onedaybeforehis51stbirthday,Wooddied
7、attheuniversityhospitaloflivercancer.HismainworksareTheLittleChapelChancelade,WomanwithPlants JohnB.Turner,Pioneer,StoneCity,IowaCreatingBackgroundWoodwasaddictedtotheGothicArtofMunichwhenhetraveltherein1928.AndinAugust,in1930,WoodsawahouseinaGothicst
8、yleinasmalltown,thesouthofIowa,itsspecialdesignandstructurelefthimadeepimpression,heimaginedthatafarmerandhisdaughterwerestandinginfrontofit,andtookaphoto.Heaskedhisdaughteranddentistasthemodelsandspenttwomonthsonfinishingthework.MainIdeaWheni
