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xx, 207 pages, [91] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Rubbed corners, age toning. "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. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 091176
Bibliographic Details
Title: Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
About this title
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.
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