The male body in another frame : Thomas Eakins' The swimming hole as a homoerotic image

Author

Hatt, Michael

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of philosophy and the visual arts. 1993, 8-21, 2 col. ill.

ISSN

0956-2834

Abstract (en)

Interpretation of the 1883 painting (Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum), which seeks to shed light on the significance of the representation of the male nude through the development of a definition of homoeroticism. Sees the homoerotic as "a means of keeping the homosocial and the homosexual apart, of marking the visible relations between men, and as a discourse which reveals those limits and what lies beyond them." Discusses the implications of Eakins's preliminary photographs of his students at the swimming hole, which call attention to the "realism" of the scene, and examines the critical response to the male nude in 19th c. American art. Analyzes the reception of the painting when it was first completed (it was nearly ignored), and current analyses of it in art historical writings.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
• Painting
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Swimming
• Amon Carter Museum||Fort Worth (TX, USA)
• Nude
• Representation
• Men
• Photography
• Homosexuality
• Reception

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Le Trou d'eau
• Amon Carter Museum||Fort Worth (TX, USA)
• Nu
• Représentation
• Hommes
• Photographie
• Homosexualité
• Réception

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00343355

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