Thomas Hart Benton and the Indiana Murals

by Kathleen A. Foster

Decorating the Indiana hall at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago was a bold and colorful sequence of paintings by American muralist Thomas Hart Benton depicting the social, economic, and cultural history of the Hoosier state from mound building to the 1930s. In this dramatic 250-foot mural, which has been on display at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1940, Benton sought to create art that spoke to a mainstream audience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253337607
• ISBN13: 9780253337603
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 12.0"