Grant Wood's Iowa

Name: Grant Wood's Iowa
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ISBN: 9780881509922

ISBN-10: 0881509922

ISBN-13: 9780881509922

Edition: 2014

Authors: William Balthazar Rose, Wende Elliott

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Grant Wood, Iowa native, iconic Regionalist American artist, certainly left his mark on his home state. Wood’s American Gothic is one of America’s most recognizable paintings, his boyhood home is a registered landmark, and collections of his work grace museums far and near. Now you can tour his state with five itineraries that provide a detailed exploration of the historical context for his work. Grant Wood’s Iowa explores his role in the art world with self-guided museum tours, detailed discussions of specific works, information on the finest lodging and dining in the state, and, finally, green travel options, including rural bed and breakfasts, restaurants offering local organic menus,…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 138
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.86" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


How to Use This Book


Grant Wood: Tormented Hero of the Heartland



Anamosa and Stone City: The Place of Origin and Return


Antioch One-Room Schoolhouse


Grant Wood Gallery and Visitor Center


Anamosa State Penitentiary


Riverside Cemetery


Stone City Art Colony


Today's Landscape



Cedar Rapids: Artistic Evolution


Cedar Rapids Museum of Art


Grant Wood Studio and Home


Turner Mortuary


Veterans Memorial Building Stained-Glass Window


J. G. Cherry Plant


Cedar Rapids Schools


Coe College, Stewart Memorial Library


Today's Landscape



Southeast Iowa: Life Struggles and the Search for Self


Grant Wood's House


Plum Grove Historic Home


U of I Campus, Art Museum, and Art Department


The Figge Art Museum


American Gothic House


Amish Community in Kalona


The Amana Colonies


Today's Landscape


Farther Afield



AMES: Leadership in Public Art


Parks Library: Grant Wood Murals and Christian Petersen Sculpture


Morrill Hall and the Christian Petersen Art Museum


Campus An Walk


Memorial Union: Fountain and Veterans Memorial


Post Office Murals


Today's Landscape



Des Moines: Midwestern Ambitions and Legacy


Birthplace of Herbert Hoover


Prairie Buffalo Sanctuary


Governors Mansion


Iowa State Capitol


Des Moines Art Center


Today's Landscape


Farther Afield


The Future of Grant Wood's Iowa: Modem Transformations in Art and Land Stewardship in the Twenty-First Century


Maps: Anamosa and Stone City


Cedar Rapids


Southeast Iowa


Iowa City and Davenport


Awes


Des Moines


Des Moines-Farther Afield


Index