Their pictures were an art of the country (hillbillies, folksingers, farms etc.). There is marked influence of xenophobia and Puritanic elements. Exemplary artist. Edward Hopper (early-C20). He focused on large cities. He was influenced by "The Eight". Typical to him is bleak light, loneliness, detachment, beauty in ugliness and monotony. He suggests non-existent or uneasy relations between human figures. He emphasizes light to suggest the time of day. The sense of location is perseveres in his pictures. Thomas Hart Benton (early-C20). He was a proponent of Regionalism. He was disappointed with the lack of narrative content in modernism art. He was influenced by Renaissance art. His paintings exhibit human warmth, energy, power and dynamism. His cultural viewpoint is simplistic. Subsidiary artists: Charles Burchfield, Grant Wood. Social Realism. Social Realism arose as a reaction to the political and economic crisis. This drove artists to seek a new
Their pictures were an art of the country (hillbillies, folksingers, farms etc.). There is marked influence of xenophobia and Puritanic elements. Exemplary artist. Edward Hopper (early-C20). He focused on large cities. He was influenced by "The Eight". Typical to him is bleak light, loneliness, detachment, beauty in ugliness and monotony. He suggests non-existent or uneasy relations between human figures. He emphasizes light to suggest the time of day. The sense of location is perseveres in his pictures. Thomas Hart Benton (early-C20). He was a proponent of Regionalism. He was disappointed with the lack of narrative content in modernism art. He was influenced by Renaissance art. His paintings exhibit human warmth, energy, power and dynamism. His cultural viewpoint is simplistic. Subsidiary artists: Charles Burchfield, Grant Wood. Social Realism. Social Realism arose as a reaction to the political and economic crisis. This drove artists to seek a new
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