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Thomas Eakins : The Heroism of Modern Life /

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 centurie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johns, Elizabeth, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1983.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9781400820252