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Rural life has changed in major ways over the time period of 1930 to 1935. American Gothic and Rural Rehabilitation Client are two different forms of art in this time period. In these pictures their clothing is very different. American Gothic is well dressed and in the Rural Rehabilitation Client they were dressed very unprofessional.
American Gothic is a painting and that depicts the hard working farmer. In the picture the man is well dressed and is holding a pitchfork. The women beside him is dressed nicely and is painted behind him in the picture. In the background there is a small farm house and a barn. Even further in the distance there is a church steeple. Rural Rehabilitation Client is a photograph not a painting which shows the change in technology in the time period of 1930 to 1935. The photograph shows a poor farmer and his wife who are both very badly dressed. They both look like they haven’t showered in days. The photograph is taken in front of a log cabin type house. There is a bag and a lantern on the wall of the house which could be used for hunting and means he provides for his family. This photograph was also taken after the Great Depression. The Great Depression made a huge impact on most farmers and many other citizens in the United States in 1932 after it hit. The changes in time from 1930 to 1935 are very obvious. Before the depression, and coming out of the booming twenties, everything was great for the average American farmer. In 1932 when the depression hit it everyone was effected. The two forms of art that show the before and after effects of the Great Depression. The before painting being American Gothic, and the after painting being Rural Rehabilitation Client.

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