Question

How did French artist Jean-François Millet give Realist and Naturalist characteristics to The Gleaners?

A Millet took the figures from mythological sources but rendered them with lifelike detail.
B Millet used real people for the figures, but painted them with colors from his imagination.
C Millet painted the figures as they really appeared by using solid shapes and earthy colors.
D Millet realistically modeled the figures after his friends who posed for him in his studio.

Answer 1

The figures are painted as they really appeared, with the solid shapes and earthy colors.

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Answer 2

I believe the correct answer is C. Millet painted the figures as they really appeared by using solid shapes and earthy colors.
This option completely matches with the postulates of Realism and Naturalism, which say that artists should depict what is real, and in front of them as it is, in its natural state. Here, Millet saw these gleaners and decided to take inspiration from them and pain them as they were.