ARTH 339 Lecture 8: Jan 26
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Millet entered phrase of painting representations of peasants of working. Public was shocked because it broke the genre-painting size rule, also there(cid:495)s a striding energy of the peasant in the field, which was threatening: future seeds for revolution? class. Face in shadow, weather-beaten, seems grim, 2/3 body literally immersed in the soil. Thick, impasto, earth colours used to render the peasant, talking about the reassuring stereotypes of being tied/married to the soil from urban people. Compare with: robert, l. return from harvest, 1827/30 holding a new generation who watches. Attractive figures, idealized; models actually found in italian jail. Millet born and raised in rural family, wrote in diary about difficulty to fit in. Not a share cropper family, more likely renters or independent owners; wife. Man grafting a tree, (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:887)(cid:887), (cid:884);(cid:889),(cid:887)(cid:495)(cid:495) x (cid:885);(cid:885). (cid:884)(cid:887)(cid:495)(cid:495) Seen by some critics to be (cid:494)(cid:885) faces of pauperisms(cid:495), welfare recipients. A very different look of rosa bonheur(cid:495)s plowing or (ouse fair (cid:523)where.
