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The Outbreak Peasant's War

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Compared to other works on The Peasant's War, The Outbreak shows present most potent content in the painting. The picture shows a lot of people with knives and weapons. This indicates that causes for the peasant revolt, in wich is the abuse by the ruling class, poverty, crushingly hard work and rape of the woman. The woman with the hair band on her head, and she is standing, barefoot, and raised her hand towards the people. It seems she is fighting the right about something, calling the end of the war, or stood up for the people just like her. The painting is not only trying to reveal the social-political views out of all the Peasant War series, but also be seen the connection between the artwork and the artists' activism. The Outbreak is different

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