Thomas Eakins Between Rounds
Between Rounds
A sport that requires speed, strength, quick reflexes and endurance to compete against an opponent is boxing. The two boxers wear padded gloves as they fight for a total of 12 rounds within that time frame the opponent has to be knocked out. Boxing may seem like a sport that many people do not watch but is still popular in modern society. The skills that fighters’ such as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao acquire is a form of art. A Philadelphia native who believed that boxing was a form of art, was painter Thomas Eakins. Currently this famous painting that portrayed boxing is Between Rounds, located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Between Rounds is not just any ordinary painting as it represents the talent needed for a …show more content…
When he first began his young career the paintings were portraits, but after a few years he started with boxing “subjects.” The inspiration came after he attended matches in the Philadelphia Arena. His fame came from his ability to do many different forms of art which also made him a substantial artist. As a student Eakins was very intelligent and studied anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts along with courses at Jefferson Medical College. Later on he continued to study in Europe and worked with other artists. From early on Thomas Eakins loved the human body and was very interested in it. As stated in an article, “Already at age 24, ‘Nudity and verity were linked with an unusual closeness in his mind’. Yet his desire for truthfulness was more expansive, and the letters home to Philadelphia revealed a passion for realism that included, but was not limited to, the study of the figure” (thomaseakins 1). As a result of this passion he had, most of the art work done by him was about the naked human body. Of course he received criticism from the audience, but his real intent was to show how magical the human body really is on the inside. Despite the criticism the artist gained his reputation towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In more particular, this was around the time art was gaining recognition because people wanted something different, which Eakins’ works
A sport that requires speed, strength, quick reflexes and endurance to compete against an opponent is boxing. The two boxers wear padded gloves as they fight for a total of 12 rounds within that time frame the opponent has to be knocked out. Boxing may seem like a sport that many people do not watch but is still popular in modern society. The skills that fighters’ such as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao acquire is a form of art. A Philadelphia native who believed that boxing was a form of art, was painter Thomas Eakins. Currently this famous painting that portrayed boxing is Between Rounds, located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Between Rounds is not just any ordinary painting as it represents the talent needed for a …show more content…
When he first began his young career the paintings were portraits, but after a few years he started with boxing “subjects.” The inspiration came after he attended matches in the Philadelphia Arena. His fame came from his ability to do many different forms of art which also made him a substantial artist. As a student Eakins was very intelligent and studied anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts along with courses at Jefferson Medical College. Later on he continued to study in Europe and worked with other artists. From early on Thomas Eakins loved the human body and was very interested in it. As stated in an article, “Already at age 24, ‘Nudity and verity were linked with an unusual closeness in his mind’. Yet his desire for truthfulness was more expansive, and the letters home to Philadelphia revealed a passion for realism that included, but was not limited to, the study of the figure” (thomaseakins 1). As a result of this passion he had, most of the art work done by him was about the naked human body. Of course he received criticism from the audience, but his real intent was to show how magical the human body really is on the inside. Despite the criticism the artist gained his reputation towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In more particular, this was around the time art was gaining recognition because people wanted something different, which Eakins’ works