Man Made: Thomas Eakins and the Construction of Gilded Age Manhood

Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 2000. First ed., first printing (full number line). Small quarto in dark green cloth; xv, 167 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 21 cm; bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index. A very tight clean copy with minor wear to exterior; lacks jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0520222083; 9780520222083

Men and Masculinity, 6 [series].

Contents: Ch. 1. Manly Associations --; Ch. 2. Complicating the Heroes of Modern Life --; Ch. 3. Alternative Communities --; Epilogue: Discourse and Agency. ¶

"Often censured during his lifetime for his insistence on studying and painting from the nude, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) is now acclaimed as one of America's greatest realist painters. Man Made examines Eakins's art and life, illustrating how the artist used his canvases to cope with the complex requirements of Victorian gender. Martin Berger reads a series of Eakins's paintings, ranging from early to late works, giving a nuanced and elegant examination of Eakins's portrayal of white, middle-class manhood. This provocative cultural art history treats these paintings in terms of what they reveal about Eakins's own identity as well as the nation's changing ideals of manhood during the final years of the nineteenth century."--Jacket.

Gender identity in art. Art and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Masculinité dans l'art. Identité de genre dans l'art. Art et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Art and society. Gender identity in art. Masculinity in art. Geschlechterforschung Kunstwissenschaft Malerei Mann Männlichkeit Masculinity in art. Gender identity in art. Art and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Art -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle. Män i konsten. Könsroller i konsten. Manlighet i konsten. Named Person: Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation. Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 Eakins, Thomas 1844-1916 Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation. Eakins, Thomas, (1844-1906) -- Critique et interprétation. Eakins, Thomas. History. Time: 1800-1899 Geographic: United States.