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阅读理解A(文化教育)【导学号:25874095】(2017·南京、盐城高三二模)GrantWood'sAmericanGothicisapaintingthat'spuzzledgenerationswho'vestoppedtowonderattherealmeaningbehindit
Weallknowit:aserious-lookingcoupleinfrontoftheirgothic-archedwoodenhouse—inastylecalledCarpenter'sGothic,forwhichthepaintingisnamed
Itwaspaintedin1930,whenUSartistswereinspiredtopaintrealisticscenesofruralAmericaduringtheDepressioninastylethatbecameknownasRegionalism
Thecoupleareidentifiedeitherasafarmerandhiswife,orasadaughterwithherunsmilingandoverprotectivefather
Wood'ssister,Nan,whoposedforthepicture,alwaysinsistedthetwowerefatheranddaughter,perhapsfindingtheagegaptooimproper
Therelationshiphasalwaysremainedinterestinglyconflicting
Unlikehereldercompanion'sfixedstare,thew