INTRODUCTION
Kitigawa Utamaro’s Cooling Off by the Riverbank and Mary Cassatt’s In the Omnibus carry substantial similarities, for being from two entirely different regions. In both paintings, a pair of adult women are featured, with small child in tow. They are implied as being near a body of water or on some sort of coastline, and it is easy to believe that they are in a state of repose or relaxation. However, the art styles of the two painters take a very similar scene and restructure and repurpose them in a unique way individual to their home countries.
COOLING OFF BY THE RIVERBANK
In Utamaro’s painting, the ...
