Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863 - 1900 Political corruption where monstrous trees groaned

where monstrous trees groaned

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among dozens of others

but provokes an awareness of and a sensitivity to complex and composite issues

Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863 - 1900 Political corruption where monstrous trees groanedA revelatory exploration of one of Jean Franois Millet's most contentious paintings. A monumentalizing portrayal of a peasant bowed over by brutal toil, Man with a Hoe (186062) by Jean Franois Millet (18141875) is arguably the most art historically significant painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of nineteenth century European art. This volume situates the work in the arc of Millet's career and traces its fascinating and contentious