1850s
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The Gleaners
Painting · Jean-Francois Millet
Millet's The Gleaners (1857) is a landmark of Realism, three peasant women stooping over a harvested field given the gravity of a history painting.Crosses Realism × Painting × 1850s, opening the Reali
Tristithea·6/27/2026
The Great Day of His Wrath
Oil on canvas · John Martin
John Martin's The Great Day of His Wrath, painted around 1851 to 1853, depicts the end of the world from the Book of Revelation. Whole mountains are torn loose and hurled through a red-black sky; a ci
Tristithea·6/20/2026
