TY - BOOK AU - Dennis,James M. TI - Renegade regionalists: the modern independence of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry SN - 0299155846 AV - N6512.5.M63 D47 1998 U1 - 709.2273 PY - 1998///] CY - Madison, Wis. PB - University of Wisconsin Press KW - Wood, Grant, KW - Benton, Thomas Hart, KW - Curry, John Steuart, KW - Regionalism in art KW - United States KW - Modernism (Art) KW - Art, American KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index; Illustrations --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1; "Direct Realism" Versus Modern Abstractions --; 2; "Direct Realism" Versus Mimetic Fantasies --; 3; Nationalism! --; 4; Fascism? --; 5; Grant Wood's Matriarchate --; 6; Tom Benton's "Girls" as Reverberations of Modernization --; 7; John Curry's Reactive Women: From Myth to Protest --; 8; Grant Wood's Affair with Abstract Art --; 9; Charles Demuth's Affair with Lancaster, Pa. --; 10; Charles Sheeler's Love of a New Industrial Region --; 11; Marsden Hartley's Return as a Nativist --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index ER -