Harvest by British School

Harvest 1753

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Dimensions: image: 121 x 82 mm

Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate

Editor: This is "Harvest," made by the British School. It's hard to miss the communal spirit, don't you think? What do you see in this piece? Curator: It's like stepping back into a simpler time, isn’t it? The figures are all working together, yet each seems lost in their own little world. The tree almost feels like a wise, silent observer. I wonder, what stories do you think it could tell? Editor: Maybe stories of seasons changing, generations passing. It's like a snapshot of a whole way of life. Curator: Precisely! And maybe a little melancholy, too, for a world we've lost. It makes you appreciate the cyclical nature of things, doesn't it? Editor: Definitely. I hadn't thought about it that way, it’s more poignant now.

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