Natasha


 * Natasha Wyatt **
 * Ms. Woods **
 * AP English Language and Composition **
 * 4 December 2012 **

** Artistic Rhetorical Analysis **
 * Grant Wood’s paintings have gained most of their celebrity from their satirical views. The painting Daughters of Revolution portrays three woman wearing lace and drinking imported beverage with sophisticated form. The painting is a satire of the Daughters of American Revolution, a group of women who he believed were trying to establish aristocracy for America. The women look old and not very comely with one disturbing and unattractive hand holding a teacup. Each woman’s face holds a straight unhappy mouth. The women's faces create the feeling that they are close minded and possibly even judging you. The painting in the background is Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware and is an iconic American painting although it was originally done by a German painter. This painting was possibly included because it is suggested that German soldiers were used as models for the painting. **

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma98/haven/wood/satire.html