The Agnew Clinic

Introduction: Rembrandt and Eakins The similarities, and differences, between Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s Anatomy of Dr. Tulp (1632) and Thomas Eakins’ The Agnew Clinic (1889) are both uncanny and unprecedented. Painted in 1630’s Amsterdam during the Dutch Baroque period, Rembrandt sought to preserve the rare occasion in which a real human body was used as an academic tool in order to prove anatomy theories. On the contrary, Eakins piece was painted in 19th century America during the realist

In The Gross Clinic, the patient is completely covered up and you can only see the patient’s thigh and some parts of the mid-section of the body. Both white cloth covers the entire top half of the patient and much of the surgeon is in close proximity with the patient's body. In the Agnew Clinic, you are allowed to see that the patient is in fact a woman patient and are allowed to see her facial expressions

Thomas Eakins, an American painter, is recognized for his anatomical depictions of men and women in his paintings. In the Romantic era, it was known for artists to illustrate scenes which evoke emotions; however, Eakins’ The Gross Clinic (1875) bluntly portrayed a bloody surgery, which was not received well, due to the fact that few other painting depicted such a vulgar and graphic scene. In the nineteenth century, men were viewed as the rational, reasonable and intellectual beings, superior over

humans evolve and progress, and there is no better example of this than Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) and Thomas Eakins’ The Agnew Clinic (1889). In a historical context, they are comparable

In 1875, Thomas Eakins would paint a portrait that he described as “very far better than anything I have ever done.” (232). This portrait became known as The Gross Clink or Portrait of Professor Gross. The clinic is taking place at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. The purpose of this paper is to give an analysis of this painting. Elizabeth Johns’ gives an in-depth look at not only the painting techniques and methods Eakins used but a history of how

various art schools in New York, including the Art Students League, the Women’s Art School of the Cooper Union, and the National Academy of Design.      In 1890’s began a series of disappointments for Eakins. He submitted The Agnew Clinic to the Pennsylvania Academy’s annual exhibition of 1891, but the work was rejected on a technicality. The Society of American Artists in New York declined to exhibit all but one of Eakins submissions for three consecutive years, prompting him to

COMPARE AND CONTRAST Similar in the ways that they were both commissioned, these two works prove to be more than just an adaptation of a surgical event. They both also aim to represent the curiosity of the onlookers. They are both adaptations of famous surgeons, no matter how controversial. Aesthetically, they are both appealing in the naturalistic, realist approach given to the morbidity of what is happening. The realism portrayed on the faces of the participants is so similar between the pieces

Every year, millions of people sit down and watch college athletes play the sport they love. These players are some of the best in the nation, and even the world. They do their jobs on the court or field, while their schools rack up the money. These players practice almost two times every day, go to class, and at the end of the day still have homework. An average student athlete spends about forty hours a week on athletics (Jacobs). College athletes are often considered to be some of the luckiest

et al., FNE is a complex phenomenon with many speculations made as to the cause of it, including: a change in sleeping environment, discomfort due to being observed, and discomfort from the number of electrodes attached to the patient (10, 11, 12). Agnew et al. found statistical significance of a difference in sleep stages in night one compared to two, three and four but not between nights two, three, and four, suggesting a FNE. The authors concluded that during the first night, the subject is more

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