Grant Wood's Memorial Masterpiece
Book - 2024
Two years before Grant Wood painted American Gothic, he began working on what the author believes to be his most important work of art: a stained-glass window honoring Iowa's veterans for the newly built Veteran's Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A fitting tribute to the memory of veterans of the six wars Americans had fought to its date, the window is one of our nation's finest war memorials. With its fifty-eight sections stretching twenty feet wide and twenty-four feet high, it is also one of the largest in the world. Grant Wood's Memorial Masterpiece traces the compelling story of his struggle to produce this breathtaking work and how it led him to develop the unique Regionalist style for which he is recognize...d around the world.
| Location | Call Number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Floor New Shelf | 759.13/Wood | (NEW SHELF) | Due Mar 11, 2025 |
- Subjects
- Published
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North Liberty, IA :
Ice Cube Press
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- 109 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9781948509473
- Author's Preface
- Chapter 1. Paris
- Chapter 2. Cedar Rapids
- Chapter 3. The Veterans Memorial Commission
- Chapter 4. The Work Begins
- Chapter 5. Upstanding Students
- Chapter 6. With a Little Help from His Friends
- Chapter 7. Munich
- Chapter 8. There's no place like home
- Chapter 9. John B. Turner, Pioneer
- Chapter 10. Woman with Plants
- Chapter 11. American Gothic
- Chapter 12. Without Fanfare
- Chapter 13. Daughters of Revolution
- Guest Commentary: "Look What I Found"
- Finishing With Some Headline News
- Explore Some More, Today can be the day
- Acknowledgements
- Endnotes & Permissions
- About the Author