Iowa born Grant Wood (1892-1941) is one of the major artists in American history and Midwest history. Wood set out to portray the essential identity of the rural Midwest. As art historian John Wilmerding has noted, Wood developed his own style after studying in Europe the German, Flemish, and French primitives of the Northern Renaissance. […]
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One of many defining characteristics of the postmodern age was a willingness to see other genres besides oil paintings and bronze statues as art. Where before genres like the movies and photography were not highly regarded, slowly as horizons and insights broadened, they gained acceptance. Comic books were a part of this sea change. Spider-Man
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