Thomas Eakins, the heroism of modern life / / by Elizabeth Johns
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| Autore: |
Johns Elizabeth <1937->
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| Titolo: |
Thomas Eakins, the heroism of modern life / / by Elizabeth Johns
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| Pubblicazione: | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1983 |
| ©1983 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 759.13 |
| Soggetto topico: | Painting - Psychological aspects |
| Painting, American - 19th century - Themes, motives | |
| Portrait painting - United States - 19th century | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Thomas Eakins |
| ISBN: | 0-300-27344-4 |
| 1-4008-2025-1 | |
| 1-322-94932-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996247897003316 |
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