The Second French Revolution or often known as the July Revolution began when disagreements between the King of France, who at that time was Charles X, and the Chamber of Deputies. The start of the revolution is described in this way, “The movement started in France, prompted by Charles X’s publication on July 26 of four ordinances dissolving the Chamber of Deputies, suspending freedom of the press, modifying the electoral laws so that three-fourths of the electorate lost their votes, and calling
would paint scenes from the classical past in Ancient Greece and Rome, romantic painters were commonly inspired to paint contemporary world events. Therefore, for this artwork, Delacroix chose to paint an event that occurred in the same year, the July Revolution of 1830. Similarly, another prominent artist J.M.W. Turner’s most significant art masterpiece was The Slave Ship, which depicted the mass killing of slaves in an effort to abolish the slave trade around the world. However, some Neoclassical painters
The French Revolution and the Art it Influenced “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
Eugene Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People made in 1830 falls under the era of Romanticism. Even if we did not have the knowledge of the year this was painted, we would be able to discern its Romantic origin. Delacroix uses elements of art and subject matter to achieve this romantic work of art. Delacroix employs several elements of art. Among these is the aspect of chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro is the contrast of light and dark values. Contrast in any situation attention to things. For example
1. "Liberty Leading the People" expresses power through Marianne, a French national symbol and goddess of liberty. She stand's upon the surrounding fallen soldiers and holds the French flag high, tightly gripped in her fist for all to see and she leads the rest of the soldiers onwards to battle, a rifle held in her left hand. The flag is within her hand is highly saturated, the blue and red richer than the colors surrounding it in the painting. The color of her clothing is a bright yellow that stands
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Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People is an oil painting that stands at 8′ 6″ x 10′ 8″, commemorating the July Revolution of France in 1830. The painting, when first displayed at the 1831 Salon, an annual exhibition of French Art, was met with strong reactions of disapproval due to his Romanticism influences and was later banned from public viewing. The 19th century experienced a transition from the Enlightenment Period of logic and reason, to the Romanticism artistic movement, of which Eugene
Delacroix Many attribute the evolution of the French revolution as the catalyst for redirection of the style of artwork from Baroque and Rococo to Neoclassical and Romanticism. Two leading masterpieces that support this aspect are respectively: Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, (c. 1784) and Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, (c. 1830). As commented in Essential Humanities (2016), the French revolution “in all its heroic glory and grisly destruction” (par. 10) is masterfully
Misérables is a movie that takes place in 1815 to 1832 during June Rebellion. During this time period, King Louis XVIII holds the throne for the beginning and it changes to King Charles X who is exiled during the July revolution. Louis Philippe d'Orléans then assumes the power and starts the July monarchy. Les Misérables details the story about a man, Jean Valjean, who was once a prisoner for 19 years freed by Javert. Jean Valjean reinvents himself into a mayor and factory owner through unlawful behaviors