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Period: Feb 11, 1500 to
The evolution of children's art alongside children's literature
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Feb 10, 1501
Thesis
As children's literauture evolved and grew, the art assoiciated with it also evolved accordingly to the time period and literature. -
Feb 11, 1526
"Darmstadt Madonna" By Hans Holbein
The children seen in this picture are clearly children, but are dressed as though adults and seem to have an adult look to them in different ways. The small girl on the left looks as if she is in a wedding dress and the boy on the right is as if he could be at the age of 20. This fits perfectly into the Renassiance Era. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darmstadt_Madonna,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg -
Feb 11, 1538
"Edward VI as a child" By Hans Holbein
This painting depicts a child as a miniature adult which is very common during this 16th century and the Renassiance time period. You can see that the child is wearing what appears to be adult clothes but only smaller. Also the child is potrayed as prim and proper wiith a somewhat serious look. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_VI_by_Holbein.jpg -
"The Girl in the Picture Frame" By Rembrandt Harmenszoon
The girl in the painting is depicted as more of an adult by the clothing she is wearing. This is true to the renissance era where children were treated as miniature adults and this girl looks a little older than seven which means she is just over the age of being an object. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_159.jpg -
"Las Meninas" By: Diego Velazquez
In this painting, the children are depicted as a miniature adult based on her atire. She was rolatly but still treated as an adult. Adults of a lower stature were treated as objects, and an example of this would be the girl behind the dog on the left hand side of the painting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Las_Meninas,_by_Diego_Velázquez,_from_Prado_in_Google_Earth.jpg -
"Gainsborough`s Daughters Chasing a Butterfly" By Thomas Gainsborough
This picture chosen is a portrait of the artist Gainsborough's daughte'rs. The girls in this photo, all though dressed in an elegant manner, are protraied as very young innocent children. The butterfly displays the freedom of being a child, and gives a very innocent naive feel to the painting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gainsborough_-_The_Painters_Daughters_Chasing_a_Butterfly.jpg -
"Girl with a pitcher and dog" by Thomas Gainsborough
This painting by Gainsborough is displaying the innocence of childhood with a forshadowing of responsibility.Gainsborough's goal was to try and display happiness in his paintings, he made this child apear very frail and yet again innocent, holding the dog, as a sign that even at a young age responsibility in taking care of things, such as pets is very important. The clothing the little girl is wearing depicts that children are delicate human beings that need to be cared for. -
"Mariano Goya" By Francisco Goya
This painting depicts the child as being educated and proper, which in the era this was created it follows the principle of litteracy being a gateway to becoming an adult. In this time period, children were seen as empty vessels and the main priotity was teaching them literacy and educating them. Picture From: www.galleria-europe.com/artist.goya.fransisco -
"Manuel Osorio" By Francisco Goya
This painting by Fransisco Goya was made in the early 19th century where the trend in painting was children were seen as very unique and innocent. This picture portays the child as unique because in most other paintings the children were being nutured or sheltered where as this child is not. she is by herself and with animals quite the opposite of being nutured. Picture From: www.galleria-europe.com/artist.goya.fransisco -
"The Old Musician" By Edouard Manet
The children in this picture are learnign through a song or folk tale being told by an older man. They are learning through real life experiences, and because they are innocent and treating as children, they are eager to listen and learn from what they are being told. -
"Gare Saint-Lazare" By Edouard Manet
In this painting, the little girl is portrayed as an innocent child that should should learn by playing and being exposed to reality. This is very common in 19th century artwork of children. -
"Two girls at the piano" by Pierre Renoir
This painting, like the other of Renoir, is trying to potray the learning, and development of children. The way the girls dress still depicts an innocent side, but the way they are learning to play the piano shows the positive influence of teaching, and learning, from one another. -
"The Child's Bath" By Mary Cassalt
This also follows the Golden age because the child is being depicted as pure and innocent. The mother is washing her child and takeing care of her as if a child, not an adult as in other ages in childrens literature and history of children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Child%27s_Bath_by_Mary_Cassatt_1893.jpg -
"Gabrielle Renard and infant son, Jean" By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This 19th century art shows a child being treated as a child with their own specific needs. Also the child is learning from play, and having fun. This is what childrens's literature had become all about aswell. -
"Nurse reading to a little girl" By Mary Cassalt
In this painting the child is being read to by the nurse which follows the principles of the Golden Age Era of when it was painted. In the Golden Age children were seen as innocent, pure, and are often shown being nutured by adults, but more prominantly by females. Picture From: www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=108 -
"The Children of Martial Caillebotte" by Pierre Renoir
This painting shows like Gainsborough the true innocence of childhood. The two girls dressed with bows in their hair, and reading childhood books, discribe that they have very vulnerable sweet sides to them. Renoirs goal was to display the innocence of childhood through the use of soft colours, and the way the children are dressed. The children reading, also tries to display good habits, that will teach a younger audience, that it is a good idea to read.
