"Early Operative Under Ether"
Massachusetts
Predating Gross Clinic by about 3 decades, "Early Operative" is from the perspective from an elevated view point of a medical student. This is the essence of realism.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Early Operative under Ether
Predating Gross Clinic by about 3 decades, "Early Operative" is from the perspective from an elevated view point of a medical student. This is the essence of realism.
The Gross Clinic: Eakins
"The Gross Clinic"
Oil on Canvas
Eakins aimed to paint things as he saw them rather than fluffing it with untrue depictions. Striving for truth, his realism is detailed with the shading and lighting. This painting resembles "The Anatomy Class". The point is that scientific and medical advancement can enhance and improve lives. The painting was incredibly gruesome for its time. What is most interesting about this is that it does not strike me as vulgar, where as in its time it would be considered nausea provoking.
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