Word: sower
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last six words! Proletarian labor, as a subject for art, was the invention of the 19th century; for that, the country-bred Millet was largely responsible. Other paintings of his met similar critical obloquies: The Gleaners, 1857, "have enormous pretensions-they pose like the three fates of pauperdom." The Sower, 1850, was greeted by one conservative as an insult to the dignity of work: "I regret that M. Millet so calumniates the sower," he wrote, disturbed by that faceless and inexplicably menacing colossus striding down the dark hill...
...before the century ended, these paintings, together with Millet's Angelus, had become the most popular works of art in the new age of mass production, disseminated by millions of engravings, postcards, knickknacks and parodies. The Sower became the Mona Lisa of socialism, but it served capitalism equally well as the corporate emblem of its owners, the Provident National Bank in Philadelphia...
...long journey, he clearly requires strong drink and a hearty meal. A profound cultural misunderstanding may be provoked, though, if a thirsty Russian asks, "In which saloon is the Folk Arts Exhibition?" Later, in a restaurant, he may turn to the waiter and say: "Please give me curds, sower cream, fried chicks, pulled bread and one jelly fish...