Artwork of the Time

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This is a piece painted by Thomas Hart Benton. It is called "Threshing Wheat." All of Benton's paintings demonstrate the movement towards realism in the 1920's, which is how it relates to this chapter.

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This piece was painted by Charles Sheeler. It is called "Steam Turbine." This relates to the chapter because his paintings perfected a method of achieving photographic quality with paint, which relates to the new artistic styles.

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This piece was painted by Ben Shahn in 1933. It is called "Parade for Repeal." This goes with the Great Depression and how people just wanted things to go back to the way they were before the depression. They wanted to get rid of the extra tariffs and the high unemployment. This is a representation of that.

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This piece was painted by John Steuart Curry in 1931. It is called "Spring Shower." This relates to the chapter because it is an imaginative land where the world is at peace. At this time the Great Depression was happening, and things were most definitely not peaceful. This was like a dreamland for people who were living back then.