Christian Humanism
Ukrainian-born painter Marie Bashkirtseff, known in Paris of that time as "the Slavic virgin" took her cue from the young artist's admiration for the true forms of reality and inspiration found in nature.
- "I say nothing of the fields because Bastien-Lepage reigns over them as a sovereign; but the streets, however, have not still had their... Bastien".
By curious coincidence she succumbed to chronic illness prematurely in the same year, 1884.
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“What is clear is that Christianity directed increased attention to childhood. For the first time in history it seemed important to decide what the moral status of children was. In the midst of this sometimes excessive concern, a new sympathy for children was promoted. Sometimes this meant criticizing adults. . . . So far as parents were put on the defensive in this way, the beginning of the Christian era marks a revolution in the child’s status.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)