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Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia
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Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia

Autor: Amy Beth Werbel
Editorial: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Edición/Formato:  Libro : Biografía : Inglés (eng)Ver todas las ediciones y todos los formatos
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"Modern critics of Eakins have described his artistic motivations and beliefs as prurient and even pathological. Amy Werbel challenges these interpretations and suggests instead that Eakins is best understood as a socially progressive artist and teacher devoted to an exacting and profound study of the human body, to equality for women and men, and to middle-class meritocratic and Quaker philosophies." "Anchored by a  Leer más
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Género/Forma: Biography
Persona designada: Thomas Eakins; Thomas Eakins; Thomas Eakins
Tipo de material: Biografía, Recurso en Internet
Tipo de documento: Libro/Texto, Recurso en Internet
Todos autores / colaboradores: Amy Beth Werbel
ISBN: 9780300116557 0300116551
Número OCLC: 71812838
Descripción: xii, 194 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contenido: From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Eakins : a century of Philadelphia scientists, artists, and provocateurs --
The Agnew Clinic, the Gross Clinic, the Crucifixion, and Swimming : dissecting Eakins' paintings --
Body casts and "anatomical eyes" : Thomas Eakins, William Williams Keen, and the curriculum at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts --
Art, pornography, freak shows, medical pictures, and the guilty pleasures of photography in nineteenth-century Philadelphia --
Scandalous exposures : the trials of Thomas Eakins, William Smith Forbes, and Oscar Wilde --
Conclusion : Thomas Eakins' family values.
Responsabilidad: Amy Werbel.
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The life and work of Thomas Eakins, America's most celebrated portrait painter, have long generated heated controversy. This book sets Eakins in the context of Philadelphia's scientific, medical, and  Leer más

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