Thomas Eakins, the heroism of modern life / by Elizabeth Johns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johns, Elizabeth, 1937- author.

Contributor:

Princeton University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting--Psychological aspects.

Painting, American--19th century--Themes, motives.

Portrait painting--United States--19th century.

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. Eakins, modern life, and the portrait

2. Max Schmitt in a single scull, or The champion single sculls

3. The Gross Clinic, or Portrait of professor Gross

4. William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill River

5. The concert singer

6. Walt Whitman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 29, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300273441

0300273444

9781400820252

1400820251

9781322949321

1322949328

OCLC:

903442555