Title: Thomas Eakins and the cultures of modernity
First published: 2009
Description: "Thomas Eakins and the Cultures of Modernity is the first book to situate Philadelphia's greatest realist painter in relation to the historical discourse of cultural difference. In this study Alan C. Braddock reveals that modern anthropological perceptions of "culture," which many art historians attribute to Eakins, did not become current until after the artist's death in 1916. Braddock finds in the work of Thomas Eakins a lifelong engagement with aesthetic and social currents that extended well beyond his native city of Philadelphia, indicating the persistence of a worldly sensibility long after he had concluded his formative studies in Europe during the 1860s. Braddock shows how Eakins developed a localized cosmopolitanism all his own, based in Philadelphia but tapped into a global field of visual production."--Jacket.
Subjects: Art and society, Criticism and interpretation, History, Eakins, thomas, 1844-1916, United states, history, 19th century
Places: United States
People: Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: ND237.E15 B73 2009