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This 5 page report discusses the cause and effect of the Millet painting “The Gleaners.” The ways in which Millet broke with tradition and how The Gleaners is different from art of the time is discussed along with the effect that the painting had on his subsequent works and the development of the school of Realism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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worlds best known paintings. Three women are in a field in which shades of golds and browns are the dominant colors. Each is reaching to the ground and is crouched
in order to gather grain. Their faces are obscured, heads are wrapped in scarves, and they wear long skirts and blouses with long sleeves. They are clearly peasants involved in
a harsh and back-breaking way to earn a living. The curve of their backs, the shape of their shoulders, and the way they hold their heads as they reach toward
the ground all cause the viewer to sense the physical strain of the work. By the title of the painting, the viewer understands that these are the women who would
follow after the harvesters in order to gather any blades of grain that may have been missed. Cause and Effect of the Painting Millet was the oldest child of a
relatively successful peasant farmer of Gr?ville in Normandy. Most of his paintings of rural life reflect his memories of his childhood. According to Pioche (1996), there were those in the
official realms of the art world who mistrusted what they perceived as his "socialist" leanings in his depiction of peasant workers, however, he was relatively ambivalent about any political aspects
of his work (Internet source). Pioche writes: "Being of peasant stock, he tended to look upon farm-workers as narrow-minded and oblivious of beauty, and did not accept the notion that
honest toil was the secret of happiness" (Internet source). However, The Gleaners and many of his other paintings show hardworking peasants, usually working in some agricultural task, who are distinctly
outlined against a flat land and sky. The fact that he so often used such subjects was part of the development of the style most often referred to as Realism.
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