American epics : Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood /

This generously illustrated book explores the connections between Thomas Hart Benton's art and Hollywood movies from groundbreaking perspectives. Thomas Hart Benton was a thoroughly American artist. His regionally focused paintings and murals depicted everyday American life as well as the count...

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Corporate Authors: Amon Carter Museum of American Art (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/orm, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his), Milwaukee Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/orm, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his), Peabody Essex Museum (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/orm, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his)
Other Authors: Bailly, Austen Barron (Editor, Contributor), Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Salem, Massachusetts : Munich ; London ; New York : Peabody Essex Museum ; DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015
Salem, Massachusetts : Munich ; London ; New York : Peabody Essex Museum ; DelMonico Books·Prestel, [2015]
Salem, Massachusetts : Munich ; New York : [2015]
Subjects:
Art
Table of Contents:
  • The young executive and me / Rob LaZebnik
  • Hollywood journey / Thomas Hart Benton
  • True west: Thomas Hart Benton and American epics / Austen Barron Bailly
  • John Ford, Thomas Hart Benton, and the American frontier / John Herron
  • The Grapes of Wrath in pictures / Margaret C. Conrads
  • "Dem shoes": Thomas Hart Benton's Romance / Richard J. Powell
  • Movie culture in the segregated era / Matthew Bernstein
  • Mining the dream factory: Thomas Hart Benton, American artists, and the rise of the movie industry
  • The Hollywood "notes" / Janet C. Blyberg
  • Machinery of the industry / Leo G. Mazow
  • Thomas Hart Benton and the art of painting cinematically / Jake Milgram Wien
  • The year of painting furiously: Thomas Hart Benton, 1942 / Jake Milgram Wien
  • Negro soldier: American manhood personified / Pellom McDaniels III
  • Why I live where I live / Griel Marcus
  • Benton, Hollywood, and history: a timeline / Sarah N. Chasse
  • The young executive and me / Rob LaZebnik
  • Hollywood journey / Thomas Hart Benton
  • True west: Thomas Hart Benton and American epics / Austen Barron Bailly
  • John Ford, Thomas Hart Benton, and the American frontier / John Herron
  • The Grapes of Wrath in pictures / Margaret C. Conrads
  • "Dem shoes": Thomas Hart Benton's Romance / Richard J. Powell
  • Movie culture in the segregated era / Matthew Bernstein
  • Mining the dream factory: Thomas Hart Benton, American artists, and the rise of the movie industry / Erika Doss
  • The Hollywood "notes" / Janet C. Blyberg
  • Machinery of the industry / Leo G. Mazow
  • Thomas Hart Benton and the art of painting cinematically / Jake Milgram Wien
  • The year of painting furiously: Thomas Hart Benton, 1942 / Jake Milgram Wien
  • Negro soldier: American manhood personified / Pellom McDaniels III
  • Why I live where I live / Griel Marcus
  • Benton, Hollywood, and history: a timeline / Sarah N. Chasse