You see they confined their criticisms and appreciation to what the picture was about--its subject; and because they did not like the subject, they condemned the picture. They got no further than _knowing_ and _thinking_, they did not permit themselves to _feel_. But it was on their feelings also that Millet wished to make an impression. Through the arrangement of line, form, color, and light and shade he sought to stir that other part of the brain to which messages are telegraphed by the senses, with a result that we are made to _feel_. Let us analyse the composition; and see how it illustrates the principle that we have been discussing of balance, and rhythmic repetition, and contrast.