European Style Paintings And Peasant Image Expressions In Three Styles

Throughout the history of human art,oil paintings with rustic theme was so various and it in the history of the world art occupies an important position.It is mainly to depict the natural landscape of the village and the performance of the farmer's social groups of labor and life scenes.Looking back to the development of Western art,after the middle of the century people gradually get rid of the shackles and shackles of religion,began to have humanistic feelings so the theme of painting began to turn to secular.Many painters are willing to show the upper echelon of life or the glorious image of the ruling class that to show their lofty performance.However,Bruegel and Miller have turned their attention to the bottom of society who living with the hardest of life with the most primitive forces.Who we called them the farmer.In their works of rural,peasant-themed.Although the times,background,ethnic differences have strong humanism.Concerned about the survival of the peasant state of mind and their development space.They are not only reflect the farmers and with the sympathize feelings with them,but also using a realistic way to understand the farmers at the time on the rural land of life and then to praise their optimism,simple,natural,honest and kind of human nature.Their works are undoubtedly have a common with characteristics.There has own the same spiritual connotation and full of human glory.In the history of European painting,there are countless paintings of peasants.The sixteenth century Northern Renaissance Nederlander painter Old Peter Bruegel's works reflect the most typical.The most of his works are the performance of the wedding,Dance and other festive entertainment scenes.The characters appear in a group,just like a long note of the life of the people of Netherland.Miller's arts works are more realistic in the rural and local theme.Through the farmer's labor,rest and other scenes with the hard work of workers,hard to show a strong,simple way to show.In the first two predecessors of the image of the farmers to shape the foundation,as Miller loyal pursuit of those who should be strong peasant plot through the performance of the painting more vividly.Bruegel,Miller and Van Gogh the style of expression of different peasants ' image.The richness and development of the contents of the peasants' subject matter,but also their own understanding of the rural and working people into the creation.Their views on the status of the lives of farmers.The inherent feelings of the village itself,but also for the pursuit of simple and noble human nature.This paper through two different times of rural and local themes,different nationalities and two painters with different arts styles--Bruegel and Miller.And to study what is the common theme of rural and local paintings.Secondly,the analysis as the history of European arts was as known as the "farmers of Bruegel",who is the first painter to draw the life of the farmers.To introduce his time,the society during his life time and the history of his country.In his paintings with art ideas to convey.Thirdly,with the inheritance and development of the rural and local themes called Miller.According to his background of the times,works of art,paintings' ideas are to conduct a comprehensive analysis,which leads to his artistic ideas,on the human nature of the carol.Finally,I will try to use the image of Bruegel and Miller's peasantry to the foothold,which leads to the thoughts and emotional lines behind the rustic themes.And then to sum up the artistic spirit of western rural painting and the influence and inspiration of later art.