Today’s class was focused on the period of realism. Realism art is defined by depicted what can be actually seen, naturalistically, not painting based on emotion. One work we discussed was Jean-Francois Millet\u2019s “The Sawer”. Millet was one of 14 children in a peasant family, so his work really focused on bringing attention to these people and their work. This painting expresses sympathy for peasants through a political agenda. He argues that peasantry is the backbone of French society. The worker is backlit and working at dawn, showing the long hours. The facelessness is purposeful as Millet wanted the painting to be general and not one specific worker. The colors are also very earth toned to represent the worker being one with his environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also talked about Gustave Courbet, one of the most influential painters during the realism movement. We spoke about his paitning “The Stone-Breakers\u201d The idea behind this painting is that the working class was exploited, for example by completing back breaking work. In this painting, a father and son are both dressed in torn clothing, showing their poorness. This painting also focuses on the exploitation of children and them being forced to work at such a young age. The political messages behind the realism work we looked at was something that really struck me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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