tSR Scene and famous painting
David Wren-Hardin
>
>from Bornhald. Jordan describes the scene with Wit, a skinny runt of a
>man and Daise larger and taller with a pitchfork and those eyes.....
>
>I digress. Isn't there a famous painting with a similar scene.
>Can anybody recall the artist [famous Americana artist I believe] and
>the name of the piece. If I am correct in assuming that this was
>how he wanted us to picture the scene, I think it was MASTERFUL!
The painting is American Gothic by Claude Monet. In it, the
man has the pitchfork, and the woman is his daughter, but other
than that it is kind of like the scene.
David "Troll ? Moi ? " Wren-Hardin
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ALEXANDER, DYLAN FLYNN
>I digress. Isn't there a famous painting with a similar scene.
>Can anybody recall the artist [famous Americana artist I believe] and
>the name of the piece. If I am correct in assuming that this was
>how he wanted us to picture the scene, I think it was MASTERFUL!
>At least, that was the impression I got.
I didn't notice that scene, but you might be right. The painting is American
Gothic, I believe. I don't know the artist.
Dylan
Draconis The Lord Dragon
>
> Does anybody remember the scene toward the end of tSR, when Bornhald
> is trying to arrest Perrin for Darkfriend after the Trollocs/Isam
> raid was over, and Wit and Daise Congar interceded in front of Perrin
> to protect him.......Wit and Wisdom, that one STILL kills me!.....
> from Bornhald. Jordan describes the scene with Wit, a skinny runt of a
> man and Daise larger and taller with a pitchfork and those eyes.....
>
> I digress. Isn't there a famous painting with a similar scene.
> Can anybody recall the artist [famous Americana artist I believe] and
> the name of the piece. If I am correct in assuming that this was
> how he wanted us to picture the scene, I think it was MASTERFUL!
>
> At least, that was the impression I got.
Well. I don't know nothin 'bout no scene. But the painting to which you
are refering is called American Gothic and I cannot remember the artist.
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Aaron Bergman
: In article <3jnenj$3...@sundog.tiac.net>, swist@brixton (David Swist) writes...
Isn't American GOthic the two old farmers, husband and wife?
Aaron
Gautam Ulysses Mukunda
: from Bornhald. Jordan describes the scene with Wit, a skinny runt of a
: man and Daise larger and taller with a pitchfork and those eyes.....
: I digress. Isn't there a famous painting with a similar scene.
: Signed,
: Dave Swist
Yes. Arrangement in Gray and Black Number 7, by Whistler. (Yes, the
same one who painted his mother.)
Gautam Mukunda
Bill Jennings
: In article <3jnenj$3...@sundog.tiac.net>, David Swist <swist@brixton> wrote:
: >
: >from Bornhald. Jordan describes the scene with Wit, a skinny runt of a
: >man and Daise larger and taller with a pitchfork and those eyes.....
: >
: >I digress. Isn't there a famous painting with a similar scene.
: >Can anybody recall the artist [famous Americana artist I believe] and
: >the name of the piece. If I am correct in assuming that this was
: >how he wanted us to picture the scene, I think it was MASTERFUL!
: The painting is American Gothic by Claude Monet. In it, the
: man has the pitchfork, and the woman is his daughter, but other
: than that it is kind of like the scene.
American Gothic was painted by GRANT WOOD. And there is nothing in the
painting to indicate that the woman is the daughter. (I can't comment on
information provided by the painter in other formats.)
I wonder what a Claude Monet version of American Gothic would look like.
--
Bill Jennings
University of California, Berkeley
David Wren-Hardin
Bill Jennings <zen...@uclink2.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>David Wren-Hardin (bd...@quads.uchicago.edu) wrote:
>
>: The painting is American Gothic by Claude Monet. In it, the
>: man has the pitchfork, and the woman is his daughter, but other
>: than that it is kind of like the scene.
>
>American Gothic was painted by GRANT WOOD. And there is nothing in the
Oh yeah, the guy who did all those monster movies ? I think Tim Burton just
made a movie about him.
David "Reeling 'em in" Wren-Hardin