Title
The Gross Clinic
Description
Eakins, who taught anatomy and figure drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, disapproved of the academic technique of drawing from plaster casts. In 1879, he said, At best, they are only imitations, and an imitation of an imitation cannot have so much life as an imitation of nature itself. He added, The Greeks did not study the antique the draped figures in the Parthenon pediment were modeled from life, undoubtedly.
Creator
Thomas Eakins
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2010 (9780205800377)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
1875
CE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
oil paintings (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
Still Image
Identifier
VS457266X
vw-20100831-1
Date Created
2011-09-07
Date Modified
2011-09-07
Is Part Of
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
8' x 6'5
Medium
oil on canvas
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Tags
Citation
Thomas Eakins, “The Gross Clinic,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed February 6, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/36374.