Download or read book Senator Benton and the People written by Ken Mueller and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senator Thomas Hart Benton was a towering figure in Missouri politics. Elected in 1821, he was their first senator and served in Washington, DC, for more than thirty years. Like Andrew Jackson, with whom he had a long and complicated relationship, Benton came out of the developing western section of the young American Republic. The foremost Democratic leader in the Senate, he claimed to represent the rights of "the common man" against "monied interests" of the East. "Benton and the people," the Missourian was fond of saying, "are one and the same"—a bit of bombast that reveals a good deal about this seasoned politician who was himself a mass of contradictions. He possessed an enormous ego and a touchy sense of personal honor that led to violent results on several occasions. Yet this conflation of "the people" and their tribune raises questions not addressed in earlier biographies of Benton. Mueller provides a fascinating portrait of Senator Benton. His political character, while viewed as flawed by contemporary standards, is balanced by his unconditional devotion to his particular vision. Mueller evaluates Benton's career in light of his attitudes toward slavery, Indian removal, and the Mexican borderlands, among other topics, and reveals Benton's importance to a new generation of readers. He offers a more authentic portrait of the man than has heretofore been presented by either his detractors or his admirers.
Download or read book Old Bullion Benton Senator from the New West Thomas Hart Benton 1782 1858 written by William Nisbet Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Retirement of Thomas H Benton from the Senate and Its Significance written by Perley Orman Ray and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas H Benton written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Hart Benton and the American Sound written by Leo G. Mazow and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Argues that musical imagery in the art of American painter Thomas Hart Benton was part of a larger belief in the capacity of sound to register and convey meaning"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Old Bullion Benton written by William Nisbet Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Hart Benton written by Justin Wolff and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Missouri at the end of the nineteenth century, Thomas Hart Benton would become the most notorious and celebrated painter America had ever seen. The first artist to make the cover of Time, he was a true original: an heir to both the rollicking populism of his father's political family and the quiet life of his Appalachian grandfather. In his twenties, he would find his calling in New York, where he was drawn to memories of his small-town youth—and to visions of the American scene. By the mid-1930s, Benton's heroic murals were featured in galleries, statehouses, universities, and museums, and magazines commissioned him to report on the stories of the day. Yet even as the nation learned his name, he was often scorned by critics and political commentators, many of whom found him too nationalistic and his art too regressive. Even Jackson Pollock, his once devoted former student, would turn away from him in dramatic fashion. A boxer in his youth, Benton was quick to fight back, but the widespread backlash had an impact—and foreshadowed many of the artistic debates that would dominate the coming decades. In this definitive biography, Justin Wolff places Benton in the context of his tumultuous historical moment—as well as in the landscapes and cultural circles that inspired him. Thomas Hart Benton—with compelling insights into Benton's art, his philosophy, and his family history—rescues a great American artist from myth and hearsay, and provides an indelibly moving portrait of an influential, controversial, and often misunderstood man.
Download or read book Three Speeches of the Honorable Thomas H Benton Senator from the State of Missouri written by Thomas Hart Benton and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Bullion Benton Senator from the New West written by William Nisbet Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speeches of Thomas Hart Benton United States Senator Missouri written by Thomas Hart Benton and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech of Mr Benton of Missouri on the expunging resolution Delivered in the Senate January 12 1837 written by Thomas Hart BENTON (United States Senator.) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Epics written by Austen Barron Bailly and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This generously illustrated book explores the connections between Thomas Hart Benton’s art and Hollywood movies from groundbreaking perspectives. Thomas Hart Benton was a thoroughly American artist. His regionally focused paintings and murals depicted everyday American life as well as the country’s history. This volume focuses on one of the most American of Benton’s associations: Hollywood. Not only did Benton create commissioned murals and portraits of film stars and movies, but he also developed a style that was highly theatrical and narrative. This volume is the first to collect all the works conceived by Benton for the film industry. It includes related ephemera, photographs, and documents of Benton at work, along with a series of thought-provoking essays that explore a diverse array of topics—from Benton’s engagement with American identity from the 1920s to the 1960s, to parallels between Benton’s use of Old Master methods and film production techniques. Fans of Thomas Hart Benton will find surprising insights into his career, while those fascinated by Hollywood history will discover how one of America’s most revered artists shaped and was in turn influenced by the film industry.
Download or read book Thomas Hart Benton s Remarks to the Senate on the Expunging Resolution written by Thomas Hart Benton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thomas Hart Benton's Remarks to the Senate on the Expunging Resolution" by Thomas Hart Benton Thomas Hart Benton, nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a United States Senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. This book is the written text of a speech he gave to the US Senate regarding the decision to censure Andrew Jackson for removing deposits from the Federal Bank.
Download or read book Profiles in Courage written by John F. Kennedy and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the courage and conviction demonstrated by some great Americans
Download or read book Speech of Mr Benton on the Bill designating and limiting the funds receivable for the revenues of the United States Delivered in the Senate January 27 1837 written by Thomas Hart BENTON (United States Senator.) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech of Mr Benton of Missouri in the Senate of the United States February 27 1835 on His Resolution to Expunge from the Senate Journal the Resolution Condemnatory of the President Adopted by the Senate March 28 1834 written by Thomas Hart Benton and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech of Mr Benton on the Oregon Question Delivered in the Senate May 22 25 28 1846 written by Thomas Hart BENTON (United States Senator.) and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
