After Many Springs: Regionalism, Modernism, and the Midwest

by Debra Bricker Balken

After Many Springs is the title of a Thomas Hart Benton painting that evokes nostalgia for a fertile, creative time gone by. This bold new book--taking the name of this work by Benton--examines the intersections between Regionalist and Modernist paintings, photography, and film during the Great Depression, a period when the two approaches to art making were perhaps at their zenith.

It is commonly believed that Regionalist artists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300135866
• ISBN13: 9780300135862
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Des Moines Art Center
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"