1、The symbol of American culture,1.Statue of liberty 2.Buffalo nickel 3. America Gothic 4. Uncle Sam 5. Barbie3,Statue Of Liberty,By Bartholdi from France,The inspiration: The face is from his mother and the arm is from his wife,The book is the Declaration of Independence,Why not this statue set in Wa
2、shington?,There was no airline and New York is the biggest harbour in America at that time,To celebrate the independence of America,Statue of Liberty,The statue of liberty has a full name which is “ the bronze statue of liberty national monument“, and its official name is “ Liberty Enlightening the
3、World “.It is desiged by Frederic auguste bartholdi and was located in New York city harbour of liberty island near the Hudson Riveron October 28, 1886.Nowadays it is known as the symbol of the United States.In 1984, it was put into the world heritage list.,Symbolic Meaning The world-well known Stat
4、ue of Liberty, standing on the island of freedom in New York harbor, symbolizings that the American fighting for the noble ideals of freedom.External Structure “Statue of Liberty“, bronze statues, 47 meters high pedestal, like high 46 meters, 93 meters high total, re-229 tons, the French sculptor Au
5、gustus escalator clause Pakistan Tao (Auguste Bartholdi ,1834 - 1904) Design, completed in 1886, is located in New York Port Menpang the freedom of the island. Statue of Liberty in France from the political. 1865, Napoleon III enthronement, a group of French bourgeois scholars hope to end the monarc
6、hy and establish a new French Republic. Therefore, on the other side of the Atlantic for the Republic of praise, but also to enhance the French people and the American people the feelings of each other, they commissioned the renowned sculptor and financing the Palestinian pottery statue of this sect
7、ion is designed as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States gifts .,THE NEW COLOSSUSThe New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land；Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch
8、whose flameIs imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome； her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities .“Keep ancient lands your storied pomp!“ cries she with silentlips.“Give me your tired your poor,Your huddled masses yearning
9、to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!“,新巨人 不似希腊伟岸铜塑雕像 拥有征服疆域的臂膀 红霞落波之门你巍然屹立 高举灯盏喷薄光芒 您凝聚流光的名字 放逐者之母 把广袤大地照亮 凝视中宽柔撒满长桥 海港 “扼守你们旷古虚华的土地与功勋吧！”她呼喊 颤栗着缄默双唇： 把你， 那劳瘁贫贱的流民 那向往自由呼吸，又被无情抛弃 那拥挤于彼岸悲惨哀吟 那骤雨
10、暴风中翻覆的惊魂 全都给我! 我高举灯盏伫立金门!,Buffalo Nickel,Designed by James Earl Fraser,In general the coins surface is the outstanding president of America,but at this coin we can see indian and buffalo which is in imminent danger,In the process of design,Fraser cant find buffalo in pampa,so he only sketched it in
11、the zoo.Two years later this buffalo was sell at 100 dollars and was killed as the art work.,Barbie,The first barbies name is Babala , Handlers daughters name,Invented by Ruth Handler,One day Ruth saw his daughter playing the doll made by papper .This gave him inspiration,and the first barbie produc
12、ed in 1959,And Babala is the most famous person who known the name but unknown the face in the world,America Gothic,But it was very contentious when it showed to people. Praise or satire? The relationship between this two people?,By Grant Wood,It showes the strong spirit of American farmer,Uncle Sam
13、,Honest Strong The patriotic,In 1961, the congress admit that uncle sam is the symbol of america,Image from Brother Jonathan who is the character in caricature,Origins of Uncle Sam,The exact origins of Uncle Sam as a symbol for the United States are unknown,But the most widely accepted theory is tha
14、t Uncle Ssam was named after Samuel WilsonBut Sam Wilson looked nothing like the Uncle Sam pictured above .Uncle Sams traditional appearance,with a white goatee and star-spangled suit,is an invention of artists and political cartoonists.One of these political cartoonists was named Thomas Nast.Nast p
15、roduced many of the earliest cartoons of Uncle SamThe most famous picture of Uncle Sam appeared on an Army recruiting poster.The poster was desighned in World WarII.The caption reads”I Want You for U.S.Army.”James Montgomery Flagg drew this picture,and served as the model too,Thank you!,American Got
16、hic,American gothic comes from a oil painting ，1930, drawn by an American named Grant Wood .,This oil painting composed a magnificent American history,Grant Wood,Grant Wood (1892-1942) of the U.S. painter. Wood was born in Anamosa ,Iowa(爱荷华州). He was in Minneapolis(明尼阿波里斯市 ) to learn arts and crafts
17、（工艺品 ）, by doing odd jobs to feed themselves. Then he taught Julian in Paris. 1934, he became a professor in the Department of Fine Arts, until his death.,American gothic”, perhaps not “be so famous, but the gothic Windows in the picture, especially the farmer grave expression, and the long neck wif
18、e make painter be famous overnight in 1930.,Hello ,I am the dentist of wood,I am woods sister,American gothic,in fact these two characters is done under different occasions.,spongebob,The Simpsons,the reason why it becomes a symbol of American,It,It describes the image of early development of ordina
19、ry farmers , and the importance of agriculture in America,The spirit of courage they had to explore.,Like the gothic style of naturalism(自然主义)，it stands for American peoples spirit of seeking for freedom,This painting reflects the solemn pride,Not only on behalf of farmers in agriculture-dominated e
20、ra, farmers cultivate the spirit of hard work, but also a symbol of the patriarchal society（男权主义） in the 19th century, the unquestionable authority and power of men.,此画体现了美国农民庄严的自豪,像哥特式的自然主义，它代表了美国人民追求自由的精神,它描述了早期美国农民的形象和农业在美国的重要性,不仅代表了早期美国是以农业占主导的国家，而且还表现出了农民的勤奋，和19世纪他们的男权主义思想，毋庸置疑的男性权利。,他们探索的精神,Go
21、thic architecture,Gothic literature,Gothic woman,Gothic music,Gothic,法国沙特尔圣母大教堂,The Cathedral of Cologne 德国科隆大教堂,意大利米兰大教堂,Pointed Arch and ribbed vault 尖肋拱顶 Flying Buttress 飞扶壁,Gothic architecture,Gothic architecture is characterized by the towering minarets（尖塔高耸）, pointed arches（尖形拱门）, large window
22、s and painted with the biblical story of window glass. In the design of the ribbed vault（尖肋拱顶）, flying buttresses（飞扶壁）, slender beam column（修长的束柱）, creating a sense of lightness slender flying. As well as new frame structure to increase the support top force, so that the whole building with vertical
23、 lines, magnificent appearance and inside the church is open space, combined with a stained glass window, the church produced a strong religious atmosphere. The church still Basic Latin for the plane figure of ten, but the western end of the sides of the door adds a pair of towers.,The characteristi
24、cs of gothic architecture,The literary works is good at describing gothic dark, empty, terror, the squeal of the scene. The tomb, the graveyard, the dark forest is the main scene gothic style, weak and sick of the youth and neurotic covered with black cloak vampire is the main character, and these all became the symbol in Tim Burton film,哥特式的文学作品善于描写黑暗、空虚、恐怖、凄厉的场面。古墓、墓地、幽暗的森林是哥特式风格最主要的场景，虚弱病态而神经质的青年和披着黑色斗篷的吸血鬼是主要人物，而这些都成为了蒂姆伯顿所心仪的哥特式电影的主要象征符号。,
