Today we inspected a post-Civil War painting by Winslow Homer of a veteran in a field, cutting down the grass. Mr Boyle said that Homer originally painted the tool the man was using with a basket-like attachment on top, but painted over it. Homer left the man holding a grim reaper blade, which symbolizes that, while the man is an innocent man in a calm assuring painting, he was at one point a killer.
We listened to people from the Metropolitan Museum talk about the painting in depth. And, before I knew it, class was over.
It was kind of an off day because the chairs werent in their normal position. I have to say that I liked it much better the old way, it was easier to concentrate.
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