美國(guó)文化英語(yǔ)

1、The symbol of American culture1.Statue of liberty 2.Buffalo nickel3. America Gothic4. Uncle Sam5. Barbie3Statue Of LibertyBy Bartholdi from FranceThe inspiration:The face is from his mother and the arm is from his wifeThe book is the Declaration of Independence Why not this statue set in Washington?

2、There was no airline and New York is the biggest harbour in America at that timeTo celebrate the independence of AmericaStatue of LibertyThe statue of liberty has a full name which is the bronze statue of liberty national monument, and its official name is Liberty Enlightening the World .It is desig

3、ed 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 MeaningThe world-well known Statue of Liberty, standi

4、ng on the island of freedom in New York harbor, symbolizings that the American fighting for the noble ideals of freedom. External StructureStatue 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

5、 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 monarchy and establish a new

6、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 section is designed as a ce

7、lebration 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 whose flameIs imprisoned

8、 lightning, and her nameMother 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 to breathe free,The wretched

9、 refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door! 新巨人不似希臘偉岸銅塑雕像擁有征服疆域的臂膀紅霞落波之門(mén)你巍然屹立高舉燈盞噴薄光芒您凝聚流光的名字 放逐者之母把廣袤大地照亮凝視中寬柔撒滿長(zhǎng)橋 海港“扼守你們曠古虛華的土地與功勛吧！”她呼喊顫栗著緘默雙唇：把你，那勞瘁貧賤的流民那向往自由呼吸，又被無(wú)情拋棄那擁擠于彼岸悲慘哀吟那驟雨暴風(fēng)中翻覆的驚魂全都給我!我高舉燈盞佇立金門(mén)!Buffalo NickelDesign

10、ed by James Earl FraserIn general the coins surface is the outstanding president of America,but at this coin we can see indian and buffalo which is in imminent dangerIn the process of design,Fraser cant find buffalo in pampa,so he only sketched it in the zoo.Two years later this buffalo was sell at

11、100 dollars and was killed as the art work.BarbieThe first barbies name is Babala , Handlers daughters nameInvented by Ruth HandlerOne day Ruth saw his daughter playing the doll made by papper .This gave him inspiration,and the first barbie produced in 1959And Babala is the most famous person who kn

12、own the name but unknown the face in the worldAmerica GothicBut it was very contentious when it showed to people.Praise or satire?The relationship between this two people?By Grant WoodIt showes the strong spirit of American farmerUncle SamHonestStrongThe patrioticIn 1961, the congress admit that unc

13、le sam is the symbol of americaImage from Brother Jonathan who is the character in caricatureOrigins of Uncle SamThe exact origins of Uncle Sam as a symbol for the United States are unknown,But the most widely accepted theory is that Uncle Ssam was named after Samuel WilsonBut Sam Wilson looked noth

14、ing 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 produced many of the earliest cartoons of Uncle SamThe most famous pi

15、cture 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 tooThank you!American Gothic American gothic comes from a oil painting ，1930, drawn by an Ameri

16、can named Grant Wood .This oil painting composed a magnificent American historyGrant Wood Grant Wood (1892-1942) of the U.S. painter. Wood was born in Anamosa ,Iowa(愛(ài)荷華州). He was in Minneapolis(明尼阿波里斯市 ) to learn arts and crafts（工藝品 ）, by doing odd jobs to feed themselves. Then he taught Julian in P

17、aris. 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 wife make painter be famous overnight in 1930. Hello ,I am the dentist of wo

18、odI am woods sisterAmerican gothic in fact these two characters is done under different occasions. spongebobThe Simpsonsthe reason why it becomes a symbol of AmericanItIt describes the image of early development of ordinary farmers , and the importance of agriculture in AmericaThe spirit of courage

19、they had to explore.Like the gothic style of naturalism(自然主義)，it stands for American peoples spirit of seeking for freedomThis painting reflects the solemn prideNot only on behalf of farmers in agriculture-dominated era, farmers cultivate the spirit of hard work, but also a symbol of the patriarchal

20、 society（男權(quán)主義） in the 19th century, the unquestionable authority and power of men.此畫(huà)體現(xiàn)了美國(guó)農(nóng)民莊嚴(yán)的自豪像哥特式的自然主義，它代表了美國(guó)人民追求自由的精神它描述了早期美國(guó)農(nóng)民的形象和農(nóng)業(yè)在美國(guó)的重要性不僅代表了早期美國(guó)是以農(nóng)業(yè)占主導(dǎo)的國(guó)家，而且還表現(xiàn)出了農(nóng)民的勤奮，和19世紀(jì)他們的男權(quán)主義思想，毋庸置疑的男性權(quán)利。他們探索的精神Gothic architectureGothic literature Gothic womanGothic music Gothic法國(guó)沙特爾圣母大教堂The Cathedral

21、 of Cologne 德國(guó)科隆大教堂意大利米蘭大教堂 Pointed Arch and ribbed vault 尖肋拱頂 Flying Buttress 飛扶壁 Gothic architectureGothic architecture is characterized by the towering minarets（尖塔高聳）, pointed arches（尖形拱門(mén)）, large windows and painted with the biblical story of window glass. In the design of the ribbed vault（尖肋拱頂）, flying buttresses（飛扶壁）, slender beam column（修長(zhǎng)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 lines, magnificent