| Description |
xii, 194 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography Note |
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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Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 -- Psychology.
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Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 -- Sexual behavior.
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Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. |
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Artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Attitudes.
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Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Attitudes.
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Anatomy, Artistic -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
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Anatomy, Artistic -- history -- Pennsylvania.
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History, 19th Century -- Pennsylvania.
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Medicine in Art -- Pennsylvania.
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Morals -- Pennsylvania.
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Sexuality -- history -- Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9780300116557 (alk. paper) |
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0300116551 (hbk.) |
| OCLC # |
71812838 |
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