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[–]QWERTY_REVEALED 303 points304 points ago

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I spent way too long on this... http://imgur.com/6cxXN

[–]w2tpmf 61 points62 points ago

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I disagree. Time well spent.

[–]toinfinitiandbeyond 30 points31 points ago

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[–]gumballbrain 22 points23 points ago

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[–]toinfinitiandbeyond 13 points14 points ago

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[–]PTierney 8 points9 points ago

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[–]toinfinitiandbeyond 9 points10 points ago

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[–]parallelpolygon 5 points6 points ago

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[–]toinfinitiandbeyond 6 points7 points ago

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[–]thew00 1 point2 points ago

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[–]manch455 0 points1 point ago

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[–]happilylost 18 points19 points ago

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deep bro

[–]clouds31 8 points9 points ago

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Their hands are still black.

[–]Dragoryu3000 19 points20 points ago

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If you're complaining about that, you just don't get his art, man.

[–]pixelatedcrap 3 points4 points ago

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Wights

[–]USMCsniper 1 point2 points ago

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i don't know why you even did that, but why not!

[–]jorellh 1 point2 points ago

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I like how you brought out the newtonian basin in the wall.

[–]Play_by_Play 27 points28 points ago

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Okay, painting is done. Great job guys! You can go back to acting normal...

Oh.

[–]teamhex 76 points77 points ago

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They didn't really do her justice lol

[–]PeptoDysmal 27 points28 points ago

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That's true, but her no-chin and narrow face in the painting at least reflect archetypal country folk.

[–]lacheur42 25 points26 points ago

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Yeah, I actually find it more impressive that the artist basically changed her face on the fly to what he was going for. I mean, based on the dude, he's clearly capable of painting accurately, but her face wasn't exactly what the painting needed, so he changed it. That's some skill.

[–]Humanity_is_FUCKED 5 points6 points ago

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Something wrong with people with no-chin and narrow faces?

[–]PeptoDysmal 6 points7 points ago

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don't hurt me please

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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He's got no-chin and a narrow face, he's a big wuss! Hit him!

[–]Harman_M 1 point2 points ago

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I have you tagged as "Fucked his own cousin." Explain yourself.

[–]famouslastturds 2 points3 points ago

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Maybe his cousin is named Humanity?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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The guy has 12 comments. How lazy can you get?

Also you tagged him within the last four days, how bad is your memory? I mean you don't even remember tagging him?

[–]Harman_M 0 points1 point ago

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Very. Very bad. No.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I love how your answer as a whole proves your first answer.

I like you.

[–]Harman_M 0 points1 point ago

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[–]C-3PO 0 points1 point ago

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They ain't nothin but a buncha lousy farmers.

[–]teamhex 0 points1 point ago

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Right, I wasn't trying to get crazy with it. The statement he made with it is still there.

[–]PeptoDysmal 1 point2 points ago

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Haha, sorry, I'm an art student; I have to get crazy with everything.

[–]teamhex 0 points1 point ago

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LoL. I love art, but in a very "I don't give a shit about semantics" kind of way. I used to think art was stupid...then I learned to play guitar, then I started watching old movies, then I got interested in painted works. Now I'm really only interested in street art. Anything that makes a statement in a creative and interesting way, I like. Though I'm no expert I still find it a very interesting thing.

[–]PeptoDysmal 0 points1 point ago

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Oh, totally. It's hard in the art school I go to. The first couple years are all about semantics and learning what makes a piece of art look good instead of the concept behind it. You know, compositional elements and all that.

The last couple are spent building up your own concepts and statements you want to make. You can't teach how to make a concept, it just has to be inherent in all of us.

[–]electricbouguereau 0 points1 point ago

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This isn't a commissioned portrait, so the artist can take liberties in exaggerating or editing what exactly the finished face looks like.

[–]teamhex -2 points-1 points ago

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Right, but he did a pretty good job on the guy, but the women has a skinny jaw in the painting and a wide one in real life lol.

[–]ChristianRLL 25 points26 points ago

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She's far more attractive in the photo, looks kinda like an older Kirsten Dunst.

[–]dumbledorkus 9 points10 points ago

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I was going to say. I bet she was pissed when she saw it finished, the artist aged her like 10 years.

[–]CSI_Photo_Enhancer 77 points78 points ago

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[–]morrison0880 17 points18 points ago

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I don't see the resemblance.

[–]Panderer 6 points7 points ago

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I want more of these!! Are there more of these???

[–]morrison0880 4 points5 points ago

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[–]Panderer 2 points3 points ago

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I <3 you.

[–]morrison0880 1 point2 points ago

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I've got plans to go to Home Depot, pick up some paint sample strips, and give this a try with a couple of pictures of ours.

[–]SCSweeps 0 points1 point ago

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This is going to be a thing, isn't it?

[–]Snave87 32 points33 points ago

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Two of my friends moved in together...This painting inspired the best house warming gift I have ever given.

...Yes those are gold-painted toilet rolls as a frame.

[–]PsychedelicFairy 2 points3 points ago

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Kudos for creativity on the TP rolls.

[–]DoctorRobot 12 points13 points ago

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The woman in the picture (and painting) is actually Grant Wood's (the artists) real life sister. So there's a fun fact for you or some shit, I don't know.

Edit: I see andrewsmith1986 already beat me to this point. What a fucker.

[–]andrewsmith1986 42 points43 points ago

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[–]Tell-Me-Fun-Facts 41 points42 points ago

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And they are actually supposed to be a father and daughter, not husband and wife.Themoreyouknow...

[–]ThisIsAFakeLink 23 points24 points ago

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Relevant

[–]sirdrumalot 11 points12 points ago

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Dammit! He strikes again. Will I ever learn to read the username first? Probably not.

[–]Cobra9Cuddler 2 points3 points ago

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I was expecting a picture of zelda... not link

[–]mechroneal 0 points1 point ago

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Argh! I read your message first, and STILL didn't read username until the link got me!

[–]MiloMuggins -1 points0 points ago

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Not sure if it's an actual case of "strikes again", or just ripping off another novelty account. Leaning towards the latter, the account is only four days old.

[–]mechroneal 0 points1 point ago

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4 Stars! Would click again!

[–]Silvett 3 points4 points ago

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You spend waaaay too much time on Reddit.

[–]Smellmyhand 7 points8 points ago

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I have a theory that it's like a group of 10 guys who live in the same house and have scheduled shifts to just log into the account and fuck with us.

[–]TharSheVotes 6 points7 points ago

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Or just one loser.

[–]robbydb 0 points1 point ago

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and here i was thinking that the old guy was some kinda smooth operator

[–]jellyfilledjosh 0 points1 point ago

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which one's which?

[–]mrpopenfresh 2 points3 points ago

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The artist was quite liberal with the lady.

[–]CassandraVindicated 5 points6 points ago

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I've had the pleasure of seeing this painting. It's at the Art Institute of Chicago.

[–]ShowMeUrrGenitals 5 points6 points ago

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I don't get art. I know this is a classic but I don't see what makes this anything more than two people standing in front of a barn. Can you explain it?

[–]meption 16 points17 points ago

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It was made at a tumultuous time in American history (the Depression, the Dust Bowl..) it's a reassuring, folksy image that's supposed to capture the simplicity and industriousness of mid western American life.

[–]ivenoideawhat 10 points11 points ago

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So if that's the case the song Friday represents a time in American History where we can do whatever we want just for the sake of doing it and should be equally cherished.

[–]relaysignal 7 points8 points ago

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I can't fathom a world where American Gothic is equated with Friday...

[–]they_call_me_dewey 11 points12 points ago

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You just don't understand Friday the way we all do.

[–]relaysignal 2 points3 points ago

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Oh. I'll go do some research then!

[–]Trick825 0 points1 point ago

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[–]Cast_Iron_Skillet 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah. That time when Craig punched out Debo changed my outlook on gun violence.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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This is what happens when high art and low art are no longer distinct and when everyone's opinion on art matter equally.

[–]Trick825 0 points1 point ago

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Fuck postmodernism man, it makes things too confusing. Or not confusing enough, I haven't decided yet.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I think you nailed it on the head perfectly, friend. Post modern society is simple to understand but makes everything confusing at the same time. Everyone is an artist in a post modern world! Which is pretty freaking confusing.

[–]ivenoideawhat -1 points0 points ago

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That's art bro.

[–]Baikley -2 points-1 points ago

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...and it was.

[–]CassandraVindicated 12 points13 points ago

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I am not an art-ologist, but I'll tell you why I like it. It makes me want to know more about them. Did he just say or do something to piss her off? Is that just the way they look after a hard life? Were they happy when they were younger? Did they build that house/barn themselves?

Is less about the picture and more about what the painting makes you think and feel. This is one of those paintings I have a hard time walking away from and as soon as I do, I miss it.

[–]tonythetiger1 0 points1 point ago

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Are you unable to read the emotions on their faces? That alone makes the painting, if you ask me.

Furthermore, I think the fact that it is simply "two people standing in front of a barn" adds to it's brilliance. It's simple...yet there's an eerieness to it.

[–]downr0deo 2 points3 points ago

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that guy used to be a dentist a pro-dentite

[–]buzzinredic 2 points3 points ago

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pretty sure he was a rabid anti-dentite

[–]catullus48108 1 point2 points ago

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Hey, denty!

[–]lehoon 0 points1 point ago

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dentist with a pitchfork... not my kind of dentist

[–]aiden93 2 points3 points ago

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Eh, still think Larry David was the real model.

[–]InferiousX 2 points3 points ago

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That man disapproves of many many things I'll bet....

[–]Lazook 5 points6 points ago

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God, they look like depressing people.

[–]SadTruth_HappyLies 1 point2 points ago

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Oh God, that poor son of a bitch.

[–]Souldier 1 point2 points ago

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The old man seems to be slightly smiling... I never thought I'd see that face smile... very cool.

[–]rosewindow 1 point2 points ago

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The house is still standing in Eldon, Iowa A friend and I stopped on vacation a few years back.

[–]NuclearExchange[!] 0 points1 point ago

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Been there more than once. Eldon is also the hometown of Tom Arnold, so, there's that...

[–]douchebag420 1 point2 points ago

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He looks like Hunter S Thompson

[–]suchende 1 point2 points ago

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Why'd he ugly her up so much?!

[–]Mighty_Ack 2 points3 points ago

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She's supposed to be a spinster and spinsters are typically resigned to the doom and depression of a life spent alone.

[–]catullus48108 0 points1 point ago

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I am sure there are some hot spinsters, but no way I am going to google spinster porn

[–]clorpt 1 point2 points ago

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The woman who currently lives in the American Gothic house (Eldon, Iowa), believes The World Needs More Pie: http://theworldneedsmorepie.com/

[–]AustinTranslation 0 points1 point ago

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that site made me unreasonably happy. :)

[–]Lyeta 0 points1 point ago

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Well, she would be correct. The world does indeed need more pie.

[–]CaptainSqually 1 point2 points ago

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Wow look at her jaw line compared to the painting

[–]MostlyVacuum 1 point2 points ago

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Christ, don't these people ever smile...

[–]narcolepsyinc 0 points1 point ago

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In real life, he looked kind of like Jackie Earle Haley.

[–]jlmarr1622 0 points1 point ago

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Indeed...

[–]Doza1 0 points1 point ago

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The guy looks exactly the same...the girl....meh.

[–]98PercentChimp 0 points1 point ago

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I wonder if dude always had that expression on his face. Sorta like Clint Eastwood...

[–]HellsGuardian 0 points1 point ago

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The real life woman looks like the 1920's lady from american horror story.

[–]uncaringbear 0 points1 point ago

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This is still one of my favourite paintings. I can't help but be drawn into the two characters and imagine the world that they lived in. The sombre mood of the painting can easily sway you towards one direction, but the strength of the characters makes you consider other possibilities.

[–]charleattack 0 points1 point ago

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I heard that they are not actually a couple, but siblings. Thanks Wikipedia!

[–]TheThunderBringer 0 points1 point ago

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They STILL don't look happy

[–]mjm8218 0 points1 point ago

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They're from Iowa. How can you expect them to be happy?

[–]Bromatron 0 points1 point ago

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Nailed it!

[–]FinallyCaved 0 points1 point ago

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There's a porn store near my school that has American Gothic, and then a bondage version right next to it. It has forever changed my view of that photo. shudders

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[–]ript420 0 points1 point ago

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Was a TV show...I remember as a kid being scared shitless by The X-Files then that came on straight after and was left cowering in fear.

[–]CunningLanguageUser 0 points1 point ago

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I'd be rather upset if I was the woman.

[–]MyCoolYoungHistory 0 points1 point ago

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Dude is doing a bang up job at a repeat performance

[–]BrianFlanagan 0 points1 point ago

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And saddest motherfucker of the year goes to...

[–]EboueGod 0 points1 point ago

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[–]Slash3040 0 points1 point ago

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They always reminded me of Red and Kitty Foreman.

[–]angrystarfish 0 points1 point ago

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their not even farmers, I feel lied to

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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He looks like the guy told him it was gonna be a trident and he is absolutely not thrill about it being a pitch fork.

[–]monstrous_moose 0 points1 point ago

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The man in the picture is actually the artist's dentist. He used him as a model for it because he thought it felt right. I think the girl is Grant Woods' sister in law or something also.

[–]Typhun 0 points1 point ago

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Somebody explain to me what American Gothic is supposed to mean. I don't get art, except for surrealism. Never been big on art, and never took a big interest in it. Why is this painting so famous?

[–]TheLoveTin 0 points1 point ago

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When I was I grade school a classmates family owned the house. Back then it wasn't a big deal, just a plain house on a dirt lot.

Now there are signs on the neareest highway and it is on a paved lot, with it's own parking lot and visitors center.

[–]digitumn 0 points1 point ago

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looks exactly like kirsten dunst

[–]wildebeest11 0 points1 point ago

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the woman is suprisingly pretty

[–]The-Sad-Happy-Guy 0 points1 point ago

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Fun fact: It is called American Gothic because fuck you

[–]N37d7W -1 points0 points ago

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The woman in the picture actually isn't the man's wife. The painting was originally of just the man and his gothic-style house, and the woman (the painter's sister) was added later.