新视野大学英语2Unit4.ppt

Unit4 Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The five signs The Statue of Liberty Barbie American Gothic The Buffalo Nickel Nncle Sam The Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty, bronze statues, 47 meters high pedestal, like high 46 meters, 93 meters high total, re-229 tons, the French sculptor Augustus escalator clause Pakistan Tao (Auguste Bartholdi ,1834 - 1904) Design, completed in 1886, is located in New York Port Menpang the freedom of the island. Barbie Barbie?shes a attractive doll for every girls and even for boys..we can help barbie to change hairstyle,change cloth..There are many stories happen on barbie ~barbie also got a lot of movies,finally the end will always end ups with prince ..They will live in a beautiful big castle and loving each other forever. American Gothic It is one of the most famous paintings in American art, and one of the few images to reach the status of universally recognised cultural icon, comparable to Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa and Edvard Munchs The Scream. 《美国哥特人》简析 格兰特·伍德是美国乡土画派的重要代表画家。 1930年在芝加哥艺术学院展出的这幅震惊画坛的《美国哥特式》肖像画。伍德运用一种外 表极其刻板的写实技巧描绘形象，脱去了现代的浮华，形式上有点类似美国殖民地时期的 肖像画，很受有怀旧心态的人的喜爱。 伍德1928年去德国慕尼黑，很为那里的哥特艺术所迷恋。因此他在这幅肖像中追求一种类 似中世纪哥特式自然主义的写实风格，不美化也不掩饰，在形象的每个细节上都力求酷似 对象。画中人物是画家故乡农场的一对老夫妇，背景突出哥特式建筑的尖拱状尖塔式屋顶 和窗子，力求画出古典式的庄重感与人物呆板古朴的形象相呼应。 The Buffalo Nickel Buffalo nickel in the 1913-1938 issue, the famous artists james earle fraser development of the western region of the victims of the United States - to commemorate the buffalo and Indians. Nickel on the bison and the Indians have a real prototype creation. Unicle Sam Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States (US), with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852. He is often depicted as a serious elderly white man with white hair and a goatee, and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United States—for example, typically a top hat with red and white stripes and white