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The revenge of Thomas Eakins /
Thomas Eakins was misunderstood in life, his brilliant work earned little acclaim, and hidden demons tortured and drove him. Yet, the portraits he painted more than a century ago captivate us today, and he is now widely acclaimed as the finest portrait painter our nation has ever produced. This book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I: Master and apprentice
- The Eakins family of Philadelphia
- Master Benjamin
- The art of the penman
- An uncertain future
- The medical arts and the fine arts
- The Pennsylvania academy
- A dangerous young Adonis
- From temple to palace
- Heads and hands
- Letters home
- Rough around the edges
- The artist and his muse
- Picture making
- II: Artist and educator
- The road less traveled
- Champion oarsman
- The Biglin brothers racing
- Hikers and hunters
- Uncompromising realism
- A good and decent girl
- The blood-covered scalpel
- A degradation of art
- Painting heads
- The unflinching eye
- Talk of the town
- Nymph in the fountain
- The open door
- A May morning in the park
- Jerusalem in New Jersey
- Tripod and easel
- Nudes and prudes
- The lovely young men of Dove Lake
- III: Exposed and expelled
- Philanthropists and philistines
- The hanging committee
- Point of no return
- Demons and demigods
- The family skeleton
- Black care
- The bard of Camden
- A league of his own
- Dressed and undressed
- Portrait by a modern master
- Horrors of the dissecting table
- Casting for commissions
- The Pied Piper of Philadelphia
- IV: Forgiven and forgotten
- Portrait of a physicist
- Down for the count
- Outlaw in an undershirt
- Pictured lives
- Pontiffs and prelates
- Return to rush
- Artist in residence.