City Activities with Dance Hall, a mural painting in 1930 by Thomas Hart Benton KFRIENDS S SO CRUMBL R VOTE FEARLESS MONCAY YOUR HEA DEMANDS SMOKY Click to view larger image. Credits: Thomas Hart Benton, City Activities with Dance Hall, from America Today, 1930; Art: OT.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. O 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?

City Activities with Dance Hall, a mural painting in 1930 by Thomas Hart Benton KFRIENDS S SO CRUMBL R VOTE FEARLESS MONCAY YOUR HEA DEMANDS SMOKY Click to view larger image. Credits: Thomas Hart Benton, City Activities with Dance Hall, from America Today, 1930; Art: OT.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. O 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?