America Today
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America Today is a famous 1930–31 mural cycle by American artist Thomas Hart Benton that vividly depicts the dynamism and social realities of the United States during the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| America Today canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mural cycle
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painting series ⓘ |
| appliesToPart | walls of the New School boardroom ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | New School for Social Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Thomas Hart Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
United States in the early 20th century
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agriculture ⓘ entertainment ⓘ industrialization ⓘ labor ⓘ modern technology ⓘ rural life ⓘ social inequality ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| genre | Regionalism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | American mural painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Changing West
NERFINISHED
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City Activities with Dance Hall ⓘ City Activities with Subway ⓘ Coal ⓘ Deep South NERFINISHED ⓘ Instruments of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Outreaching Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Arts of the City NERFINISHED ⓘ The Arts of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
1930
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1931 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American life
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economic change ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
egg tempera
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oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | American Regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Thomas Hart Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLocation | The New School, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| significantEvent | acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas Hart Benton