Without using picturesque anecdotes, merely through simple, sober pictorial procedures, Millet gives these certainly poor but no less dignified gleaners an emblematic value free of any hint of miserabilism. His presence adds social distance by bringing a reminder of the landlords he represents. Provider openings in our Eastern, Central, and Western divisions. In charge of supervising the work on the estate, he also makes sure that the gleaners respect the rules governing their task. If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, please take a moment to view the physician opportunities available at Steward Health Care System. The man on horseback, isolated on the right, is probably a steward. Then Millet slowly smudges the distance into a powdery golden haze, accentuating the bucolic impression of the scene in the background. It picks out their hands, necks, shoulders and backs and brightens the colours of their clothing. The slanting light of the setting sun accentuates the volumes in the foreground and gives the gleaners a sculptural look. The festive, brightly lit bustle is further distanced by the abrupt change of scale. Their austerity contrasts with the abundant harvest in the distance: haystacks, sheaves of wheat, a cart and a busy crowd of harvesters. He thus juxtaposes the three phases of the back-breaking repetitive movement imposed by this thankless task: bending over, picking up the ears of corn and straightening up again. The painter shows three of them in the foreground, bent double, their eyes raking the ground. They were authorised to go quickly through the fields at sunset to pick up, one by one, the ears of corn missed by the harvesters. These women incarnate the rural working-class. He was the male line ancestor of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, who by his wife Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), the heiress of the.
True to one of Millet's favourite subjects – peasant life – this painting is the culmination of ten years of research on the theme of the gleaners. 22 July 1298), 2nd son, who married Margaret de Bonkyll, the heiress of Bonkyll Castle in Berwickshire, by whom he had seven sons and one daughter, thus founding the line of 'Stewart of Bonkyll'.
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