Icons as a basis for art,

interpreting and
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Mount Rushmore in popular culture

Because of its fame as a

Mount Rushmore - a
monument, Mount Rushmore
mountain in the Black Hills of
in South Dakota has
South Dakota; the likenesses
appeared frequently in works
of Washington and Jefferson
of fiction, and has been
and Lincoln and Roosevelt
discussed or depicted in other
are carved on it
popular works
Mount Rushmore in popular culture

Several films and other media

depict Mount Rushmore as a
secret base of operations for
As a cover for a secret
the government or another, or
location as having some comparable
significance other than as a
monument
Mount Rushmore in popular culture

- Replacement or
destruction of the existing
Alterations and faces
additions to the faces - Addition of extra faces
- Imitation of the style
Mount Rushmore in popular culture

The memorial was famously

used as the location of the
In North by Northwest climactic chase scene in
Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 film
North by Northwest
Mount Rushmore in popular culture

- Appearances set in the

future
- In literature
Other appearances - In video games
- In comics and cartoons
- In music
 American Gothic

Grant Wood’s American Gothic is a painting that’s

puzzled generations who’ve stopped to wonder at the real
meaning behind it. We all know it: a close-cropped portrait
of a grim-faced Iowan couple in front of their scrupulously
neat, gothic-arched, timber house – in a style also called
Carpenter’s Gothic for its homespun take on Victorian
Gothic architecture, and for which the painting is named
American Gothic
Parodies
Marilyn Monroe

Was an American actress, model, and

singer. Famous for playing comedic
"blonde bombshell" characters, she
became one of the most popular sex
symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s
and was emblematic of the era's sexual
revolution.
Marilyn Monroe

Movie
Marilyn Monroe

Painting
Marilyn Monroe

Parodies
 Mickey Mouse

Michael Real has written that

Mickey is “recognized as one of
the most universal symbols in
the history of humankind.”
 Abraham Lincoln

As an iconic figure of American history, Lincoln has been

spoofed and homaged a number of times in popular culture

Films & cartoons

 Abraham Lincoln

As an iconic figure of American history, Lincoln has been

spoofed and homaged a number of times in popular culture

Television
 Abraham Lincoln

As an iconic figure of American history, Lincoln has been

spoofed and homaged a number of times in popular culture

Disney Parks
 Abraham Lincoln

As an iconic figure of American history, Lincoln has been

spoofed and homaged a number of times in popular culture

Books
Icons as a basis for art,
interpreting and
modifying

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