Thomas Eakins' powerful style and his choices of subject--the advances in modern surgery, the discipline
of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves--was as disturbing to his
own time as it is compelling for ours
1.were as disturbing to his own time as they are
2.have been as disturbing in his own time as they are
of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves--was as disturbing to his
own time as it is compelling for ours
1.were as disturbing to his own time as they are
2.have been as disturbing in his own time as they are
