FILE: 26_Gross Clinic_Eakins.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Gross Clinic - 19TH CENTURY

DESCRIPTION: EAKINS. REALISM. 2 KINDS OF REALISM. THIS IS 1ST KIND = exacting, scientific. Akins painted exactly what he saw in mathematical, experimental ways. Analyzable for relationships such as grids and lines. Medical school scene painted for exhibition in science section of Centennial Fair. Considered too graphic/disgusting to show. Rejected. Hung in Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.