This sketch of Kruiers op de Overtoom te Amsterdam, by George Hendrik Breitner, captures the essence of labor through a wheel. Wheels, ancient symbols of fortune and fate, appear here not in their triumphal form, but as instruments of daily toil. Look at the straining figures contrasted against the unyielding wheel. This motif echoes across time; think of the medieval wheel of fortune in illuminated manuscripts, where figures rise and fall. Yet, in Breitner’s sketch, the wheel is earthbound, a testament to human effort. The wheel’s circular form resonates, also, with cycles of human experience, birth, death, and rebirth. Consider how these symbols resurface, evolve, and take on new meanings, engaging our collective memory and subconscious understandings.
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