The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins and Liberty
I will link a PDF to the assignment instructions. Please follow each direction carefully and only use the sources provided. Below is my topic proposal for the paper, in which you will write about the following pieces of art. Make sure that the paper is four pages when double-spaced excluding sources.
Museum Paper – Milestone One – Topic Proposal
The Gross Clinic (1875)
Artist: Thomas Eakins
Style: Realism
Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Current Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Medium: Oil on a canvas
Liberty Leading the People (1830)
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Style: Romanticism
Origin: Paris, France
Current Location: The Louvre, Paris
Medium: Oil on a canvas
Justification:
I chose The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins and Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix because both of them depict influential and crucial moments in history. Their styles and periods, romanticism and realism, also contrast each other very well, and I believe comparing both these styles will be informative and thought-provoking. The contrasts between paintings will offer a good perspective on these time periods and make for an interesting topic to write about.
Sources:
1. Folland, Thomas. “Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People.” Smarthistory, 9 December 2020, https://smarthistory.org/delacroix-liberty-leading-the-people-3/.
2. Zucker, Steven, and Beth Harris. “Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People.” Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/romanticism/romanticism-in-france/v/delacroix-liberty-leading-the-people-1830.
3. Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Thomas Eakins: The Gross Clinic.” Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/thomas-eakins-the-gross-clinic.
4. Foster, Kathleen A., and Beth Harris. “Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic.” Smarthistory, 8 December 2020, https://smarthistory.org/eakins-the-gross-clinic/.
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