liberty leading the people

all info plus specific for q's

artist

Delacroix

year

1830

used for?

specified painter

revolution

depiction of war

participants of war

compared with

* guernica (depictions)
* massacre at Chios (depictions)
* kneeling archer (participants of war)

showing?

allegorical figure of France ‘liberty’ revolting with other men down the streets of Paris

quote

“I may not have fought for my country but at leat I shall have painted for her”

composition

triangle, focus on liberty

foreground = people

middleground = more revolters

background = notredame and buildings

liberty

allogorical

classical profile, Ancient Greek link

Phrygian cap, freedom

high class man

meant to be Delacroix

wearing top hat and suit, shows all classes were fighting for the French rights

working class man

worn down clothing

show all mean were fighting for country, regardless of money, all had common goal of wanting freedom

school boy

gaveroche

so passionate about fighting, they disobeyed rules and fought underage

dead body

link to Jesus, dying for beliefs

French flag

red white blue shown common

liberty blue

equality white

fraternity red

revolution question

\-flag, motive

\-all people fought, middle + lower

\-underage people passionate

\-crowd behind

\-weapons, riffle, sword, gun, revolutions were violent

\-important to counties of groups of people, liberty allogorical

depictions of war

\-violent, sword, riffle, people fought w whatever they had

\-bought people together, middle and working class

\-involved all, young boy fighting

\-in the city, Notre damn

\-background of rubble and smoke, revolution created destruction

participants of war

\-young boy

\-working class man

\-middle class man

\-dead figure, Jesus

\-popular, background

whole county, uses liberty as symbol