Today we will be discussing a painting called “The Boating Party.” To start off let’s first meet the artist. Mary Cassatt was born on May 22‚ 1844 in Allegheeny City‚ Pennsylvania. She was the fourth of five children born to Katherine Kelso Johnston and Robert Simpson Cassat who was a stockbroker and land speculator. During Mary’s childhood‚ her family moved to Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ and then to the Philadelphia area. Her family viewed travel as an important part of her education. During the
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! !1 A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge ! ! A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge Comparison & Contrast Essay !2 ! Mary Cassatt created her oil on canvas painting In the Loge in 1878. The two dimensional painting measures 81.28 x 66.04 cm / 32 x 26 inches and is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The painting’s subject is a young upper class woman at the opera in Paris. The sitter is none other than Mary Cassatt’s own sister
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Mary Cassatt Exhibit Erica December 5‚ 2010 Humanities 100 Mary Cassatt is the artist chosen to be showcased in my museum exhibit. She is well known for her paintings of women and children. The way this exhibit will be set up is the growth of a child and the different daily activities a mother takes part in. A museum is going to play a role in how the exhibit is seen. It is important that the exhibit be planned out and organized to appeal to the visitors. Museums play crucial roles in our
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History Mary Cassatt On 1844 Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City‚ Pennsylvania to a well-to-do family. She shared the house her father built on Rebecca Street with her younger brother Gardner and her older siblings Lydia‚ Alexander and Robbie. Robert Cassatt‚ Mary’s father‚ was a successful banker and also Mayor of Allegheny City for a time. Mary’s mother‚ Katherine Cassatt was well educated for a woman in the nineteenth century‚ forever having to abandon nests she had only just made. Mary Cassatt
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Luncheon of the Boating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party is a European artwork painted in 1880-1881 by French Impressionist‚ Pierre Auguste Renoir. In traditional Impressionist style‚ Renoir depicted a scene from modern life and based it in a place he knew well - the Restaurant Fournaise. Chatou was one of Renoir’s beloved settings and Luncheon of the Boating Party is a romanticized portrait of his friends enjoying a Sunday afternoon on the balcony of the restaurant. His intention was to take
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Marry Cassatt Hennessey Fortmann Have you ever wondered what qualifies people to be a hero? Probably not‚ because you say to yourself; they have to be strong‚ and brave‚ and important. But do they? Is the eight-year-old little girl who picks up the bag of groceries when her mom drops them and can’t pick them up a hero? Is the sweet regular guy who helps the little old lady cross the street a hero? I say‚ yes. A hero is a person who is trying to help‚ or who stands up for what he/she believes in
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Mother and Child sculpture was made between the 15th and 20th century. The culture of this piece of art that is made out of wood represents Bamana people. This wooden sculpture of a mother and a child on her lap represents a male companion and related attendant figures. As I look as this piece of art I see that a woman is wearing a “hat” of some sort that could represent her culture. This artist used a smooth texture on the surface of this wooden sculpture. Some parts look a little rough‚ but that
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Painting is a way of using art in order to manifest expressions with colors and figures. Every painter adopts a different way of painting. Mary Cassatt and Georgia O’Keeffe are two women American painters whose work are very different. The most notable differences between them are their style‚ subject matter and influences. Mary Cassatt’s earlier style was characterized for colorful scenes from contemporary life. After being influences by the impressionists she developed a distinctive style that
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Mary Cassatt was an impressionist painter‚ born in America in 1844. She later decides to move to France however to pursue for career and makes it her permanent home in 1875. This allowed her to be more exposed to other artists‚ such as Edgar Degas who she highly admired. Thus his works inspired and influenced Mary’s use of mediums in her own artworks. This can be seen within various works such as the Little Girl in a Blue Armchair‚ Sleepy Baby and Maternal cares. Through these we can see how her
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The print Before the Fireplace was created by Mary Cassatt in 1882. Cassatt used the technique of etching to print this work. She covered the metal plate with wax and drew the image in the wax to get down to the metal. Then the printmaker put it in acid. Acid does not touch the wax it simply makes the valleys on women’s face. Although she is seating sideways‚ valleys are still noticeable and they create the illusion of her small nose and hardly visible eyebrows. One may notice that there are various
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