| 03:00:27 2 |
PAINTER THOMAS BENTON AND STORE PRESIDENT LOOKING AT
SPACE ABOVE ELEVATOR ENTRANCES. PICKING SPOT FOR A MURAL |
| 03:00:53 28 |
ARTIST DRAWING A SKETCH FOR A MURAL IN AN UNUSUAL
SPACE RHYTHMIC DESIGNS, PATTERNS |
| 03:01:15 50 |
ARTIST SKETCHES A ROUGH PENCIL DRAWING PLAN FOR THE
MURAL. |
| 03:01:39 74 |
ARTIST MAKING A CLAY MODEL, 3 DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF
THE MURAL |
| 03:02:03 98 |
CU CLAY MODEL UNDER DIFFUSED LIGHT AND UNDER A
STRONGLY DIRECTED LIGHT. FIGURES STAND OUT FROM THE BACKGROUND |
| 03:02:23 118 |
ARTIST THOMAS HART BENTON PAINTING A SMALL SCALE
COLOR PANEL. GREEK MYTHOLOGY THEME. SYMBOLIC OF MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH THE MISSOURI RIVER |
| 03:03:12 167 |
LIVE MODEL POSES FOR MURAL. 1940s ARTIST DRAWS MAN'S
BODY. AND FIGURE IN CLAY MODEL. |
| 03:03:30 185 |
ARTIST MAKING CLAY MODEL OF MURAL
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| 03:03:47 202 |
ARTIST CREATES AN OUTLINE DRAWING OF THE MURAL
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| 03:04:05 220 |
ARTIST MARKS OFF OUTLINE DRAWING INTO SQUARES TO
SIMPLIFY TO TRANSFER THE DRAWING INTO THE LARGE PANEL. SQUARES NUMBERED AND LETTERED |
| 03:04:23 238 |
CU DRAWING
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| 03:04:31 246 |
ARTIST IN HIS STUDIO SMOKING A PIPE, CHECKS THE
ALIGNMENT OF THE CANVAS FRAME |
| 03:04:41 256 |
ARTIST BEGINS THE SQUARING OF THE PANEL. USES TIGHTLY
STRETCHED THREADS FOR THE HORIZONTAL LINE. LIGHTLY DRAWN CHARCOAL LINES FOR THE VERTICAL LINES. |
| 03:05:01 276 |
1940s ARTIST SMOKING A PIPE AND DRAWING LINES ON
MURAL |
| 03:05:31 306 |
ARTIST TRANSFERS THE DRAWING TO THE CANVAS
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| 03:05:53 328 |
ARTIST LIGHTS HIS PIPE AND PREPARES PAINTS. USES EGG
YOLKS FOR THE BINDER OF HIS PIGMENTS. CRACKS AN EGG OPEN IN HIS PAINT CAN. MIXES THE YOLKS WITH DISTILLED WATER. BLENDED WITH THE RAW PIGMENT. MAKING TEMPERA PAINTING MEDIUM |
| 03:06:30 365 |
CU 1940s ARTIST PAINTING A MURAL
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| 03:09:58 573 |
CU ARTIST SMOKING A PIPE AND LOOKING OVER HIS WORK
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| 03:10:03 578 |
CU PAN MURAL
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| 03:10:26 601 |
ARTIST APPLIES A PROTECTIVE COAT OF WAX TO HIS MURAL
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| 03:10:32 607 |
MURAL HANGS IN MID-WESTERN DEPARTMENT STORE, 1940s.
SHOPPERS IN 1940s FASHIONS |
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FILM ENDS
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Year: 1947
Color: Color
Genre: ART
Description: SHOWS IN DETAIL THE TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES FOLLOWED BY THOMAS HART BENTON IN PAINTING A 22-FOOT MURAL ABOVE ELEVATORS IN A KANSAS CITY DEPARTMENT STORE. TRACES THE ENTIRE PROCESS FROM ORIGINAL CONCEPTION TO FINISHED MURAL. THE THEMES OF THE MURAL, ADAPTED FROM A GREEK LEGEND, SYMBOLIZES THE CONQUEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THE PAINTING IS "ACHELOUS AND HERCULES"
Keywords: Regionalism
