Photo, Caption, and Citation #1

This is a photo of early American women learning art of equal importance to men. Art increased the learning abilities and skills of even early American culture and brought out new styles and trends which have shaped the way we live. Models used their bodies as a form of art and let the painter create their own image. This individual point of view was what made art an individual subject. The ideal "well-rounded education" is considered to be possible only when the fine arts are involved and properly funded and taught. Our fine motor skills are the fundamental steps we use to build foundations for the movements we flow through in the everyday situation; however, as a child we must learn these in a way that we don't feel overwhelmed, and art is how we learned this. These women are learning better handwriting, color and shape association to words, and proper posture all while thinking they are simply painting in art class.

Byron NY. Art class for Women at the Chase School of Art. 1897. <http://0.tqn.com/d/painting/1/0/W/J/2/Smithsonian-womenartclass-w.jpg>.