by: Stephanie Geier, Sandra Kumwong, Josh Brancale, Xiao Dan Guo
The Shepherdess of Rolleboise combined a gray palette with a rural setting to highlighted the struggles of peasant life. The subject of the painting is a young, rosy-cheeked girl looking off the canvas, as if she was contemplating her current situation, against a dark, cloudy background. The painting was analyzed in terms of its subject and formal features. We discussed the details of the environment and the subject’s physical appearance in order to infer the tone of the painting. We did not not analyze the social or historical context of the painting at the museum. However, once discussed again, we researched the cultural significance of the painting in broader terms and recognized the value placed on the social realities of peasant life during the time period (1860’s-70’s) in Europe and America.
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