ART APPRECIATION LESSON 3: World Artist and History
You will see how an artist uses tonal values and integrate the idea into your own imaginative work of art as you create a genre scene in this art appreciation lesson.
Jean-Francois Millet, Peasant with a Wheelbarrow , 1848.
In this painting by Millet, we see evening in the long shadows cast by the figure and extending up onto the wall of the structure. Shadows also fall onto the wall of the structure by the wooden gate at the right. The strong light of sunset makes the white of the shirt glow, while the parts that turn away from the sun are thrust into darkness. Look for this same effect in the red vest and blue trousers. Light washes out color. Shade shows a deeper color as the color is not as intense. Millet rarely used midtones, but worked at the light and dark ends of the value scale. This gives his figures a dramatic appearance. High contrast was a typical characteristic in Millet’s genre scenes of peasant life.
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