FILE: 01_The Gleaners_Millet.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - The Gleaners - NATURALISM

DESCRIPTION: MILLET. Intent: SOCIAL COMMENTARY = ADMIRATION of hard-working poor peasants picking up grains left after harvest. Millet: Barbizon school = painting natural landscapes. Unlike Romantic period which focused on figures in exciting action. Millet criticized for using destitute as subjects. Uses same poses as classical figures (only these have clothes on!)