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Record Nr.

UNISA996247897003316

Autore

Johns Elizabeth <1937->

Titolo

Thomas Eakins, the heroism of modern life / / by Elizabeth Johns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1983

©1983

ISBN

0-300-27344-4

1-4008-2025-1

1-322-94932-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

759.13

Soggetti

Painting - Psychological aspects

Painting, American - 19th century - Themes, motives

Portrait painting - United States - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Eakins, modern life, and the portrait -- 2. Max Schmitt in a single scull, or The champion single sculls -- 3. The Gross Clinic, or Portrait of professor Gross -- 4. William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill River -- 5. The concert singer -- 6. Walt Whitman.

Sommario/riassunto

"Why did Thomas Eakins, now considered the foremost American painter of the nineteenth century, make portraiture his main field in an era when other major artists disdained such a choice? With a rich discussion of the cultural and vocational context of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Elizabeth Johns answers this question"--Publisher's description.