Grant Wood's American Gothic is more than a famous painting. Sure, it's a great piece of art, but there's more to it than that. When it was first unveiled, the painting wasn't recognized as anything special. But the subject matter made it something worth talking about.
In this video from Vox, we see that it was the people who saw the painting that made it special. They saw what they wanted to see in American Gothic. -via Digg
See also: The Story Behind American Gothic.