"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Sunday, May 05, 2013

Magpie Tales #167

Young Woman Picking the Fruit of Knowledge,
1892 by Mary Cassatt


Tender Art
Romantic Impressionist
Delicate Art
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Tess Kincaid offers this lovely and timely image
by Mary Cassatt.
To read how others saw this image go here:
http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/05/mag-167.html

18 comments:

  1. You've captured the image perfectly.

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  2. This painting was an oil sketch for a giant mural Mary Cassatt painted for a major American art exhibition. It decorated the Women's Pavilion and was somehow lost after the event. Based on sketches such as this the mural must have been a masterpiece. It's hoped that one day it will be discovered in someone's basement.

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  3. There are so many words to describe this painting. I used the word delicate when I posted on the main oage. You got them all into your three lines.

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  4. Tender art for certain, love Mary Cassatt's work.

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  5. Tender ? Hmm- maybe she just happened onto a scene -and she is a little unsure what to do!

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  6. I enjoyed your beautiful, short verses. Lovely!

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  7. She is gentle yet complex, as are your words.

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  8. romantic ... yes your spare words match it's sparse edges and open spaces... a nice approach!

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  9. Stephen Hayes' comment added another dimension to your words.:)

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  10. Very lovely indeed and you have a way with words. I really like that.

    Have a terrific day. :)

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  11. Swinging by for a visit, will leave you a different link then Flat Stanley. I must need a better appreciation of some pieces of art. I really thought it looked like a man, then looked closer and saw a dress. This one doesn't call out to me. But, I still love seeing new things. It helps us grow.
    Traveling Suitcase is barefoot

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  12. Romantic and delicate .. reasons to love Mary Cassatt's paintings. Years ago during a DC trip I visited the National Gallery of Art and viewed a Cassatt exhibition ... lucky me.

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  13. Cad- you are so correct! I always am learning from Stephen Hayes! He's a great art history teacher!
    Besides being a wonderful story teller and artist!

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  14. I like from tender to delicate art.

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  15. Yes it is! Delicate, demure and distracting but captivating! Nicely Kathe!

    Hank

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  16. Mary Cassatt had so much soul...you too!

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  17. How 'bout that art lesson from Stephen Hayes?!

    I loved your poem. But I sure didn't see it the same way you did, which is why it is.......art!

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  18. Yes, almost unspeakable tenderness

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