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Eakins revealed : the secret life of an American artist / Henry Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Henry, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artists--United States--Biography.
- Artists.
- Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916.
- Eakins, Thomas.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 583 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the dark side of Thomas Eakins' life and work in this biography that changes our understanding of this American icon. Based on close study of hiss work and new research in the Bregler papers, it shows he was not merely uncompromising, but harsh and brutal both in his personal life and in his painting.
- Contents:
- Preface: Riddles
- Part I. The Eakins legacy. Within the walls
- The perfect crime
- The loin cloth scandal
- Family quarrels
- The death of Ella Crowell
- The insanity of Lillian Hammitt
- Explanations and enigmas
- Analyzing Eakins
- Part II. Life and art. An American in Paris
- All in the family
- Turning the stake
- The Gross clinic
- William Rush and his model
- A fine old row
- Naked in Arcadia
- Swimming
- Conversations with the dead
- Inflicting pain
- Part III. The case of Thomas Eakins. Love of looking
- The greatest American artist.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-558) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028887-6
- 1-280-53252-1
- 1-4237-8493-6
- 0-19-972946-8
- OCLC:
- 922903711
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