Home/Symbols/Golden wheatfieldGolden wheatfield SymbolismHarvest symbolizes vitality, labor, and sustenance, but here also vulnerability under threat.Common ThemesFlora & faunaLoneliness & isolationMimesis vs. abstraction (truth vs. artifice)Mortality & transience (memento mori)Seasons & cyclesLandscape & placeHuman vs. natureLabor & workThe sublime & aweArtworks Featuring This SymbolWheatfield with CrowsVincent van Gogh (1890)A panoramic wheatfield splits around a rutted track under a storm-charged sky while black crows rush toward us. Van Gogh drives complementary blues and yellows into collision, fusing <strong>nature’s vitality</strong> with <strong>inner turbulence</strong>.