Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia / Amy Werbel.
Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia / Amy Werbel.
Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia / Amy Werbel.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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NQ759.13/120
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 194 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents
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...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2007.
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State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Summary
"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...
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Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia / Amy Werbel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ759.13/120
Record Identifier
74VKRVkNZOZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRVkNZOZl
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ISBN
0300116551 (hbk.)
9780300116557 (alk. paper)
DDC
759.13 B
MMS ID
991023138949702626
