명화 읽는 영어수업 9(첫걸음)

1) It is called First Steps, painted by Jean-François Millet."

2) he child is taking her first step. As soon as she sees her dad, she stretches her arms. Her mom is holding her in case she falls.

3) He is the peasant, the father of the child. He is working in the small field behind his house. As soon as he sees his child, he throws away the shovel, goes down on one knee, and stretches his arms to hug her.

4) On the left, there is a wheelbarrow filled with dirt or manure. A shovel lies beside the peasant, suggesting he was working with it, possibly planting in furrows. Some seedlings are behind him. In the middle of the picture, there is a thatched-roof house with a big tree and a fenced-in garden. White clothes are hanging on the line.

5) He used pastels and black chalk to depict peasants and rural life. Between 1865 and 1869, he worked almost exclusively in pastels, producing over 100 works.

6) The colors are mostly yellow, brown, and light green, representing rural life in spring.

7) Van Gogh greatly admired Millet and copied his works. First Steps after Millet, painted by Van Gogh, is a copy of Millet’s First Steps.

8) In the fall and winter of 1889–90, Van Gogh was a voluntary patient at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. During this time, he painted twenty-one copies after Millet.

9) Scenes of children learning to walk were depicted by Rembrandt and his pupils. Millet may also have been influenced by 15th-century artists who painted the infant Jesus taking his first steps toward Mary.

10) This picture shows a gentle, touching scene, evoking a child's first independent steps. Parents encourage their child to walk for the first time, which is very moving to me.

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as innocent as a lamb

as gentle as a lamb

as quick as a wink

as strong as an ox

as soft as velvet

as vibrant as a spring meadow