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Taylor Taylor Nunn Ms. Woods AP Language 5 December 2012 Analysis of Grant Wood’s //Daughters of Revolution// Grant Wood’s //Daughters of Revolution// is a painting from 1932. Although this is not Wood’s most famous piece, it is also very popular. The painting is of three ladies with vacant eyes and stern faces. They appear to be wearing older women’s clothing, and one is holding a cup of tea. Wood is trying to recreate Emanuel Leutze’s //Washington Crossing the Delaware//. There is a picture of Washington in the background of the painting suggesting that these women are not the true daughters of revolution. Woods was an American Regionalist painter. //Daughters of Revolution// is a satire painting. He used environments in America instead of using other countries for his paintings. This painting has an in-depth story behind it from an event that occurred in Woods personal life. He needed to create a stained glass window. He completed the window in 1920, but it was not dedicated until 1955 due to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Woman In Sea, Hawaii 1988

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 Lynn, Wave Full View, Paradise Cove 1985

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 Switzerland 1874



 Narrative

I chose “Woman at Sea” because it is of a girl in what looks like a lake or the ocean. It fits well with my narrative because I talked about becoming a lifeguard as my first job. It reminds me of having to guard a pool. The second picture also reminds me of guarding the wave pool because it was taken in the ocean. The waves in this picture remind me of my very first shift. I was terrified to guard the wave pool on my first night, but after awhile I got over my fear. The last picture is of the ocean somewhere with mountains. This painting makes me wish I could be a lifeguard on the beach somewhere.