{"id":199,"date":"2015-07-01T15:19:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T15:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2015-08-31T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T15:50:59","slug":"corn-sign-with-storm-cloud-near-greensboro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/?page_id=199","title":{"rendered":"Corn Sign with Storm Cloud, near Greensboro, Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this photograph, William Christenberry offers the viewer an unconventional landscape. The chosen composition seems spontaneous; the projecting corn sign and telephone pole break the rules of a traditional landscape. The form and colors of the corn-on-the-cob is echoed in the intersecting rusting tank behind it. Like much of post-war middle America, the banal location derives meaning through its signs; Christenberry captures an oasis of memory within a landscape of potentially endless farms. Symbolically, the items in the photo have deep links to the American midwest. Corn is an agricultural staple, the tank is a mark of industry, and the Coca-Cola sign is an icon of American culture. The dark clouds of an approaching storm add an ominous atmosphere to the scene. The rusted, time-worn quality of the structures underscores the passing of time and the frailty of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>-Elizabeth Gouin<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/\">\u2039 Return to Exhibition<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=5613101\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about William Christenberry \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photograph, William Christenberry offers the viewer an unconventional landscape. The chosen composition seems spontaneous; the projecting corn sign and telephone pole break the rules of a traditional landscape. The form and colors of the corn-on-the-cob is echoed in the intersecting rusting tank behind it. Like much of post-war middle America, the banal location [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1185,"featured_media":358,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/constructed-landscape\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}