Posted in Thomas Hart Benton (Saturday, July 5, 2008)
Written by Creekmore Fath. By Alan Wofsy Fine Arts.
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Written by James M. Dennis. By University of Wisconsin Press.
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2 comments about Renegade Regionalists: The Modern Independence of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry.
- This book makes you rethink any ideas you might have about Regionalism. Whether you agree with James Dennis or not is up to you, but he certainly does bring up some very interesting ideas. The basic ideas of the Regionalism school are initially laid out for the reader, and from this beginning it is already possible to see the weak foundation of the very definition of "Regionalism," as it was defined NOT by the artists, but by their critics and the public. The sterotyping generalities inherent in this 'school' set the stage for Dennis' questioning of the similarities of the work of Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, and John Steurat Curry, the triumvirate of Regionalism. The author proceeds to explicate the inherent differences between the 3 artists' work, as well as the eventually obvious flawed general definition of "Regionalism." Dennis breaks down his discussions into realism vs. abstraction, realistic subject matter vs. fantasies, the ideas of nationalism and fascism in the artists' work, their varying depictions of women, and finally compares the three Regionalists to three contemporary modernists, Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and Marsden Hartley. Dennis concludes with the assertion that the so-called "Regionalists" are in many ways more "modern" than their modernists contemporaries. The book has plenty of pictures, sadly only in black and white, and thus the book is a surprisingly quick read. Each chapter is thorough however, and must be studied to be fully understood. The reader should have some art historical background, and some knowledge of the history of the first half of the 20th century. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Regionalism, and the history of American art. Makes you think.
- Finally. A well thought out and well executed book about a major movement in American art that is often dismissed as being one dimensional. Dennis' introspective look into the most revered "Regionalist" artists not only offers engaging scholarship, but a very good education in American social history as well. A must read for anyone who thinks they know what "Regionalism" is.
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Written by Henry Adams. By Knopf.
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Written by Benjamin Franklin. By Modern Library.
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Written by Thomas Hart Benton. By University of Missouri Press.
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1 comments about An Artist in America; 4th Edition.
- The 4th Revised Edition (ISBN # 0826203949): "This new edition contains 76 drawings that add much to his narrative, plus a foreword discussing Benton's place in American art and an afterword covering his career after 1968...." by Baigell. Chronology. Bibliography.
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Posted in Thomas Hart Benton (Saturday, July 5, 2008)
Written by Kathleen A. Foster and Nanette Esseck Brewer and Margaret Contompasis. By Indiana University Press.
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Written by Matthew Baigell. By H. N. Abrams : distributed by New American Library.
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Written by Polly Burroughs. By Doubleday.
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Written by Mark Twain. By The Easton Press.
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Written by Mark Twain and Samuel Langhorne Clemens. By Easton Press.
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