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Description
On March 11, 1871 Samuel D. Gross, M.D., the internationally celebrated surgeon and author, entreated fellow Jefferson alumni to "adorn the halls" with portraits of those who had "devoted their lives to the service of the school," and thus "inspire the pupil with ambition to excel in great and noble works." This clarion call to emulate European medical and scientific institutions by memorializing their great men was taken up almost immediately.
One hundred and twenty-five years later, Thomas Jefferson university is still securing portraits, accepting art donations and bequests, and exhibiting art works effectively. By manifesting an appreciation for the power of art to teach, inspire, and enlighten, the university continues to honor Gross's profound idea. The consciousness of succeeding generations of Jeffersonians, who undergo daily the intense pressures of professional study and practice, has been uplifted by an abundant display of visual arts.
Individual art objects considered collectively can construct a pictorial history of and describe the spirit of the institution. The Jefferson collection is diverse enough to trace a meaningful history of public portrait trends in late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Philadelphia.
By Julie S. Berkowitz
ISBN
0-9674384-1-1
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
Thomas Jefferson University
City
Philadelphia
Keywords
Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Art, Thomas Eakins, European Medicine, portrait, art history
Disciplines
American Art and Architecture | Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture | Family and Consumer Sciences | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
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American Art and Architecture Commons, Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture Commons, Family and Consumer Sciences Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons
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