Heroic apex of Gothic revival: Brooklyn Bridge, architects John & Washington Roebling, 1883. (postcard from 1883)
Ironic commentary on the Gothic revival: Grant Wood’s American Gothic, 1930. Pohl p.407
POST-CIVIL WAR 19TH CENTURY
PRE-SECOND-WORLD-WAR 20TH-CENTURY
QUESTION: How do this bridge and this painting each comment on the Gothic Revival in its own time?
On “America” in its own time?
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