[audiobook] Interpreting Site: Studies in Perception; Representation; and Design by Genevieve S. Baudoin in Arts-Photography

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Thomas Eakins is widely considered one of the great American painters; an artist whose uncompromising realism helped move American art from the Victorian era into the modern age. He is also acclaimed as a paragon of integrity; one who stood up for his artistic beliefs even when they brought him personal and professional difficulty--as when he was fired from the Pennsylvania Academy of Art for removing a models loincloth in a drawing class.Yet beneath the surface of Eakinss pictures is a sense of brooding unease and latent violence--a discomfort voiced by one of his sitters who said his portrait "decapitated" her. In Eakins Revealed; art historian Henry Adams examines the dark side of Eakinss life and work; in a startling new biography that will change our understanding of this American icon. Based on close study of Eakinss work and new research in the Bregler papers; a major collection never fully mined by scholars; this volume shows Eakins was not merely uncompromising; but harsh and brutal both in his personal life and in his painting. Adams uncovers the bitter personal feuds and family tragedies surrounding Eakins--his mother died insane and his niece committed suicide amid allegations that Eakins had seduced her--and documents the artists tendency toward psychological abuse and sexual harassment of those around him.This provocative book not only unveils new facts about Eakinss life; more important; it makes sense; for the first time; of the enigmas of his work. Eakins Revealed promises to be a controversial biography that will attract readers inside and outside the art world; and fascinate anyone concerned with the mystery of artistic genius.