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Description: Thumbs Down! (Pollice Verso)

TitleThumbs Down! (Pollice Verso)

Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1872

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions96.5 cm × 149.2 cm

LocationPhoenix Art Museum

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsWeapons in artCrowds in artGladiators in artAcademic art, FrenchPainting, French--19th centuryMasculinity in artSpectators in art

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.64-109

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00297.3

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Chapter subject tags:Human anatomy--Study and teachingAnatomy, ArtisticMasculinity in artSports in artMale nude in art

2. The Agnew Clinic

David M. Lubin

Act of Portrayal: Eakins, Sargent, James

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PublisherYale University Press

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Chapter subject tags:Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Portrait painting, American--19th centuryArt and society--United States--History--19th centuryEakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. Gross ClinicPsychology and art--United States--19th centuryAmerican literature--19th century

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