Eakins and the photograph : works by Thomas Eakins and his circle in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts /

"One of the foremost American painters of the nineteenth century, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) also was a pioneer in the fields of artistic and scientific photography. Although most of his photographs relate to his private life, he also used photography to prepare for his painting and sculpture pr...

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Contributors: Danly, Susan., Leibold, Cheryl.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Published for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
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Table of Contents:
  • Eakins and the photograph : an introduction / Susan Danly, Cheryl Leibold
  • "The most beautiful of nature's works" : Thomas Eakins's photographic nudes in their French and American contexts / Anne McCauley
  • An avowal of artistic community : nudity and fantasy in Thomas Eakins's photographs / Elizabeth Johns
  • Photography, science, and the traditional art of Thomas Eakins / Mary Panzer.