Thomas Eakins, the heroism of modern life /

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"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 ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johns, Elizabeth, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1983.
Temas:
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916.
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916
Eakins, Thomas > 1844-1916
Whitman, Walt > 1819-1892
Eakins, Thomas, > (1844-1916)
Eakins, Thomas.
1800-1899
Portrait painting > United States > 19th century.
Painting, American > 19th century > Themes, motives.
Painting > Psychological aspects.
Peinture > États-Unis > 19e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
Peinture > Aspect psychologique.
Peinture de portraits > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
Peinture américaine > 19e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
ART > History > General.
ART > Individual Artists > General.
Portrait painting
Painting, American > Themes, motives
Painting > Psychological aspects
Bildnis
Peinture > États-Unis > Thèmes, motifs.
Peinture de portraits > États-Unis.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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