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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The Heroism of Modern Life
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ISBN
9781400820252
Published
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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