文档介绍:American
symbols
We are about to introduce to you the ten most representative of the symbols of the United States.
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is the full name of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, the official name is the "Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World", on October 28, 1886 stands at Liberty Island in New York City harbor near the Hudson River Estuary known as the symbol of the United States. The creators, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. In 1984, it was inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Barbie is the 20th century's most well-known and best-selling doll, invented by Ruth Handler, the American International Toy Fair, held on March 9, 1959, on first exposure. Barbie doll by Mattel child has and production. Barbie dolls and related accessories based on the ratio of six production, this ratio for the dollhouse model number, also known as playscale. "Barbie" doll is now sold in more than 150 countries in the world, with total sales of more than 10 billion. The product was made into a series of television programs and movies and peripheral products, also adapted from a series of small game.
Gothic
American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood's inspiration came from the American Gothic House and a decision to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house." The painting shows a farmer standing beside his spinster daughter The figures were modeled by the artist's sister and their dentist. The woman is dressed in a colonial print apron evoking 19th-century Americana, and the couple are in the traditional roles of men and women, the man's pitchfork symbolizing hard labor, and the flowers over the woman's right shoulder suggesting domesticity.
Buffalo Nickel
Called buffalo nickels, unlike other . coins engraved by the President and other famous figures, issued by the . government in 1913, issued in 1938 to stop