There is a renowned painting by Jean-Francois Millet entitled The Angelus. It depicts a man and a woman standing in a field. They are farmers. He holds his cap reverently as he stands with bowed head, ...

Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa milɛ]; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted ...

Students learn about ekphrastic poetry by discussing a poem by Edwin Markham inspired by Jean-François Millet's painting Man with a Hoe. They analyze persuasive techniques in the poem, compare and ...