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Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia
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Thomas Eakins : art, medicine, and sexuality in nineteenth-century Philadelphia / Amy Werbel.
ISBN
9780300116557 (alk. paper)
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Physical Description
xii, 194 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art, pornography, freak shows, medical pictures, and the guilty pleasures of photography in nineteenth-century Philadelphia
Scandalous exposures : the trials of Thomas Eakins, William Smith Forbes, and Oscar Wilde
Conclusion : Thomas Eakins' family values.
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