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What makes Miller's The Gleaners a classic?

Miller created this painting in mid-19th century France, a time of rapid expansion of capitalist agriculture and increased privatization of land. Look closely at the gleaners in the close up, contrasted with the stacks of wheat in the distance, and the presence of the overseer on horseback, who seems to be overseeing the gleaners' every move. Miller did not intentionally create dramatic conflicts and contradictions, but only presented an ordinary scene of labor with calm and restrained brushstrokes. But behind this seemingly ordinary picture, we can deeply feel the great social inequality - the deprivation of the peasants' right to live by the privatization of land. That's why the bourgeois critics at that time accused the painting of “inciting the poor to hate the rich”. When art intervenes in reality and reaches such a high level, it is the key to making The Gleaners a classic. #Entertainment t #Painting #Miller #The Gleaners