A Critique of Cradling Wheat

picture. Later, if one looks closer a clear message or meaning is

depicted by the artist. Thomas Hart Benton’s work, Cradling

Wheat, for example is just a picture at first glance, but as one

examines the painting closer, the story behind it becomes evident.

This tempera and oil on board composition illustrates four

men in a field threshing and bundling wheat. Benton draws the

viewers eye forward by placing the characters in the foreground of

the work and the surrounding landscape in the back. Here, the

American artist presents the focal point he intended. The faces of

the men in the piece are all hidden by hats, distance, or turned

backs. By hiding their faces the conclusion c

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