Thomas Eakins and the cultures of modernity

Thomas Eakins and the cultures of modernity /

"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 man...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braddock, Alan C., 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916.
Eakins, Thomas > 1844-1916
Eakins, Thomas.
Eakins, Thomas, > 1844-1916 > analys och tolkning.
1800-1899
Art and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Art and society.
Malerei
Konst och samhälle > historia > Förenta staterna > 1800-talet.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "This current confusion" : Thomas Eakins before cultures
  • "Amongst strangers" : studies in character abroad
  • "What kind of people are there" : local color, cosmopolitanism, and the limits of civic realism
  • "To learn their ways that I might paint some" : cowboys, Indians, and evolutionary aesthetics
  • Coda: "Distinctly American art" : Thomas Eakins, national genius
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • List of illustrations
  • Index.

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