Picturing Pedagogy: Education and the Child in the Paintings of Chardin

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Children's picture in Dorothy Johnson's work aligns with the main pattern of perceptions and education of how kids learn. Evaluating the images of play by Chardin, the scholar has recognized an interest in the behavior of childhood as a method of relating with the experience of art, especially via play involving absorption or mimicry. By recognizing the character of children's game depiction, she discloses an artistic obsession with mimetic behavior codes.
To acquire deeper insights into the child-rearing and education strategies of the 18th century in France, one can pay attention to the paintings of this period. Children are depicted as true individuals instead of decorations to the fundamental unit. Dorothy Johnson recognizes French genre painter Chardin as the sole artist of the time who reacted to the call to purify attitudes toward kids. Chardin's painting demonstrated education and served as pedagogical tools for observers to design their child-rearing approaches and learning that happened in daily life. Chardin’s Soap Bubbles shows an adolescent boy who blows bubbles in deep contemplation of the forms he creates. Conversely, a