How Is The Painting Influenced By The French Revolution?

French paintings is often closely related to history. Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix. Delacroix shows a smoking battlefield scene. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the dead bodies, holding the flag of the tricolor flag in one hand and a musket with the other. This painting commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of

Eugene Delacroix’s painting Liberty Leading the People commemorating the aftermath of a widespread revolt leading to the toppling of Charles X in the 1830 French July revolution. The painting is a representation of political motivation and revolotion symbolising ideals of freedom and autonomy as well as the consequnces for others as a result of political actions.

“Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!” wrote the famous author Charles Dickens, in his classic book, The Tale of Two Cities. The French Revolution (1789-1796) was a fight for liberty and equality, which ultimately led to the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI, by way of guillotine. And, eventually Napoleon Bonaparte became the ruler of France. This was a transforming time in not just France’s history, but European history and World history. The people of France were fed up with the monarchy and the burden of high taxes, as the monarch rulers squandered money away while the people faced famine and poverty. The Revolution was so powerful that artists not only painted about it, but they became revolutionaries themselves, like Jacques-Louis David, who is famous for his works, Oath of the Horratii, and Napoleon Crossing the Alps. In 1830, the second French Revolution broke out and this was known as the “Three Glorious Days”, in which the people of France protested Charles X after he imposed ordinances that prevented freedom of the press and increased the power of his monarchy (“French Revolution”, n.d.). The famous allegorical painting by Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, is a historical depiction of the second French Revolution and illustrates the connection between socioeconomic and political issues, and art. This paper will look at David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps, and Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People and analyze the impact of the French Revolution on art of those periods.

Napoleon was a key patron of arts who exploited arts as his strong news media, in other words: he spread out propaganda to create his heroic as well as divine image to his citizens. Jacques-Louis David’s ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ is another example of similar work. Practically he never crossed Alps on horse with his people but, David’s portrait created a heroic image to his citizens. Citizens also started believing in him that a hero like Napoleon can only rule the devastated country after French revolution. David’s art of work communicated against the King Louis XVI and in contrast established Napoleon Bonaparte’s image to the estate

their lives in its defense. The symbolism this painting portrays of revolution period France signifies

The French Revolution was a period in which the citizens of France began to rebel and eventually overthrew the absolute monarchy and the system of aristocratic privileges. It began in 1789, inspired by Enlightenment ideals, extreme debt, starvation, and social and political injustices and lasted until 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte took control of France. Many argue whether the French Revolution was successful. In the later phases of the French Revolution, violence became evident with events. The outcomes of the revolution are considered unworthy of all the bloodshed, among other sacrifices. Especially considering not all the goals were met and France ultimately ended up just as it began, in an authoritarian regime. Some argue the revolution

The French Revolution is an important event in world history. The French Revolution started in 1789 and lasted until 1799. During this time, King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette was executed and the monarchy was overthrown. It brought great changes to the government and people of France. There were many causes that lead up to the revolution, about 90% of France's population were the Third Estate and they was fed up with not being treated equally. But, eventually, the people of France would get back the freedom, equality, and liberty that they deserved.

The French Revolution was a period of turmoil in France that took placed in the 18th century between 1789-1799. During this time, there were many reasons as so why this took place.

The year 1789 marked the beginnings of French rebellion and revolution. While France’s streets bared witness to uproar, mainstream French artists displayed their art in Great Britain. Their art works thrived in response to the revolution. Previously, French art exhibited grandeur to match Louis XIV’s rule. Art now would shatter the once desirable authority and reveal its true face. France’s artists continued to evolve with the following uprisings of 1830, 1848, and 1870. These revolutions brought forth shocking paintings, such as Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People (Jones 1).

According to Dr. Dr. Beth Gersh-Nesic, artists were looking for a way to convey the rational and serious atmosphere of the French Revolution (Para. 3). One of the paintings of this period that reflects the sacrifice and tragedies of the revolution is The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, 1789, by the painter Jacques-Louis

Louis called a meeting between himself and the delegates of the three estates on June 23, 1789 three days after the Tennis Court Oath. There Louis told the delegates he would negotiate a number of reforms. The reforms Louis named had nothing to do with the demands of the Third Estate. The revolutionaries would not give up that easily and wanted Louis to know it. This made the king upset and now he would begin to use the army to force his will on the people. In late June Louis ordered four regiments of soldiers to advance on Paris and Versailles and soon after that ordered up several more. A large group of people went to Bastille to get

The painting was a true indication of the actions, which took place when one of the fiercest fights at Hotel de Ville. Although the painting is not a depiction of the Partisan revolution, it was visually striking by capturing the excitement of the event. The painting was a potent symbol of the struggle for liberty. Painted in the backdrop of cannon smoke, the personification of the painting is a combination of both real and ideal.

The French Revolution began as an expression of rebellion against centuries of absolute rule in France. After an interim of experimental liberalism under the rule of Jacobins and Girondins and then the infamous reign of terror, the people of French were drawn to a man who promised them a return to stability, and  honor through the expansion of empire. France and it’s people had long yearned for this sens eof honour, it had seemed, and could finally sens eit in a lasting rpesence under the rule of their prodigious, unbeatable general, Napoleon Bonaparte. He would soon take the reigns of civil government as well and become yet another Absolutist ruler, yet this

French Revolution was one of the major events that took place in modern European history. French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. This was the period in which the citizens of France razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, demolishing their centuries-old institution such as rule of the absolute monarchy and the feudal system that prevailed. Just like the American Revolution before it, the French Revolution was majorly influenced by the Enlightenment ideals, especially the concepts of famous sovereignty and indisputable rights. Though it failed to conquer all of its goals and many a times degenerated into a muddled bloodbath, this movement played an important as well

The French revolution of 1789-1799 was one of the major events in the world’s history. This revolution bought many changes in France. At the time of revolution, France was the most powerful state in Europe. Over the ten years period between 1789 and 1799 the French revolution was spread. The dispute over the people’s differing ideas of reform, was the primary cause of the revolution.