Chapter 20 Visions of Freedom

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City Activities with Dance Hall, a mural painting in 1930 by Thomas Hart Benton

Credits: Thomas Hart Benton, City Activities with Dance Hall, from America Today, 1930; Art: © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY; Collection: AXA Financial, Inc. through its subsidiary The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U. S. © AXA Financial, Inc

  1. What kinds of freedom depicted by Benton alarmed moral traditionalists?
  2. Does Benton seem to celebrate or criticize urban life, or both?
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