(soapstone is based on my original inferences)
Subject= Two men are working in a field collecting wheat.
Occasion= This must have been painted after Rivera had just finished a long period in which he had labored very hard.
Audience= The working class is the audience.
Purpose= The purpose of this painting is to display how hard these people are working.
Speaker= Rivera painted lots of murals, all with different themes. This may be another mural with the theme of working.
Tone= This painting gives off a calm and warm feeling because of its soft curves and goldish brown background.
Rivera wanted us to recognize the hard work of the working class in order for the upper class to have luxuries. The warm colors and curbes give the painting a soft, accepting feeling which makes me think that he doesn't like the toil of the working class people. Especially when it is just so the upper class can have more riches. Rivera's communist beliefs further emphasize this message. Other factors contributing to his message is that the workers faces cannot be seen and that the curve of their backs blends in with the curves of the field implying that they are invisible and unnoticeable. This is what he believes capitalism does to the lower class laborers, and he is therefore refuting capitalism with this painting.
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