millet

Examples of millet in the following topics:

• Realism in Painting

  • Two important figures in the Realist movement were Gustave Courbet and Jean-Francois Millet.
  • The chief exponents of Realism were Gustave Courbet, Jean-François Millet, Honoré Daumier, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
  • Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.
  • One of the most well known of Millet's paintings is The Gleaners (1857).
  • One of his most controversial, this painting by Millet depicts gleaners collecting grain in the fields near his home.

• Study of Photosynthesis

  • Grasses in hot, arid environments, specifically maize, but also millet, sorghum, sugar cane, and crabgrass, follow a C4 photosynthetic pathway that produces higher ratios of 13C to 12C.
  • Case studies show that millet and maize eaters can easily be distinguished from rice and wheat eaters.

• Naturalism

  • Important Naturalist painters of the period include Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) and Albert Charpin (1842-1924).
  • Jean Francois Millet is known for his paintings of peasant farmers as well as for founding the Barbizon school, and his work falls into both the Naturalist and Realist movements.
  • Jean-Francois Millet was one of the most important Naturalist painters of the period.

• Dogon Sculpture

  • Themes found throughout Dogon sculpture consist of figures with raised arms, superimposed bearded figures, horsemen, stools with caryatids, women with children, figures covering their faces, women grinding pearl millet, women bearing vessels on their heads, donkeys bearing cups, musicians, dogs, quadruped-shaped troughs or benches, figures bending from the waist, mirror-images, apron-wearing figures, and standing figures.
  • Many sculpture recreates the silhouettes of the Tellem culture, featuring raised arms and a thick patina, or surface layer, made of blood and millet beer.

• Realism

  • Important figures in the Realist art movement were Gustave Courbet, Honore Daumier and Jean-Francois Millet.

• Japanese Art in the Showa Period

  • Yasui Sōtarō was strongly influenced by the realistic styles of the French artists Jean-François Millet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cézanne; he incorporated clear outlines and vibrant colors in his portraits and landscapes, combining western realism with the softer touches of traditional Nihonga techniques.
  • Yasui Sōtarō was strongly influenced by the the realistic styles of the French artists Jean-François Millet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and, in particular, Paul Cézanne.

• Europe and America from 1850–1900

  • Influences upon these movements were varied: from exposure to Eastern decorative arts, particularly Japanese printmaking, to the coloristic innovations of Turner and Delacroix, to a search for more realism in the depiction of common life, as found in the work of painters such as Jean-François Millet.

• Wine, Beer, and Alcohol

  • Potatoes, millet and other foods high in starch are used in different places in the world as the primary carbohydrate source.

• The Mythical Period

  • The Neolithic Chinese cultivated a number of crops; the most important was a grain called millet.

• CAM and C4 Photosynthesis

  • Many important crop plants are C4 plants, including maize, sorghum, sugarcane, and millet.