From His Treasuries - Art Appreciation ~ 'The Child's Bath'

Nov. 7, 2008 - Art Appreciation ~ 'The Child's Bath'

We are wrapping up our study on Mary Cassatt this week. We've enjoyed taking a peek at her work -- all the mothers and babies -- a wonderful presentation in each of the paintings.

Today was our last one.

The Child's Bath ~ Mary Cassatt, 1893

The kids' thoughts as we discussed the painting:

is it the Nanny or the Mother who is washing the child?
lots of patterns within the painting, walls, floors, the lady's dress
shapes - circles for the basin and the pitcher is roundish as well; squares in the floor pattern
the child's face is very round
very quiet and initmate time, so it seems to us, the viewer

Jayda's recreation

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Nov. 7, 2008 - That is neat.

Posted by ThreeLittleLadies

How old is your Jayda? I have a Jaedyn (girl 9).

Carol

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Nov. 8, 2008 - Love the paintings

Posted by Anonymous

Your kids do. They are so good. I am sure it will be so nice to have them and do the same thing every other year or so.....you could see their progress. They include a huge amount of detail. So neat.

Marja

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Nov. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BChsMamaof3

Hi :) I'm so glad you stopped by to say hello. Sorry I haven't had a chance to pop over for a visit lately! A friend of mine loves nature walks and decided that she would start a group of moms and kids that met once a week at different trails, rivers etc. around the area and just explore as a way to get everyone outside and moving. Plus it's a great way to visit with everyone :) It's actually growing by leaps and bounds and in the summer there were 2 groups of about 60 kids total that met up each week.
Hope you get to do some exploring outdoors when the everyone is feeling better :)
Rosina

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"We are all meant to be naturalists, each in his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things." ~ Charlotte Mason

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