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 centurie...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Johns, Elizabeth, 1937-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1983.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Eakins, Thomas.
Eakins, Thomas, > (1844-1916)
Whitman, Walt > 1819-1892
Eakins, Thomas > 1844-1916
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916.
Peinture de portraits > États-Unis.
Peinture > États-Unis > Themes, motifs.
Bildnis
Painting > Psychological aspects.
ART > Individual Artists > General.
ART > History > General.
Peinture > Aspect psychologique.
Peinture > États-Unis > 19e siecle > Themes, motifs.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustration
  • Dimensions of Eakins' Works
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Thomas Eakins
  • The Heroism of Modern Life
  • Chapter One. Eakins, Modern Life, and the Portrait
  • Chapter Two. Max Schmitt in a Single Scull, or The Champion single Sculls
  • Chapter Three. The Gross Clinic, or Portrait of Professor Gross
  • Chapter Four. William Rush Craving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River
  • Chapter Five. The Concert Singer
  • Chapter Six. Walt Whitman
  • bibliographic Essay
  • Index

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