Eugène Delacroix

and French revolution had a strong influence on the art of their time. Revolutions inspired patriotic art depicting various interpretations of liberty, including the painting by Delacroix titled Liberty Leading the People and Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty. Liberty Leading the People was painted in 1830 by Eugene Delacroix. It is painted on a canvas with oil paint. The painting is now displayed in the Louvre in Paris is a nearly 11 foot wide painting. The painting was planned with sketches and…

Introduction They say as society change, thus does art. "As early as the 1750's, the philosophes had begun to challenge the art and society of France" (From The Trivial to the True: The French Revolution & Painting. (n.d.)) The French revolution was slowing accumulating, as "the economic and political inequities of the ancien regime, accompanied by a general opposition to the status quo; objection to the absolute power of the French monarchy, acerbated by the shortcomings of Louis XV and XVI…

Final Project My adopted artwork was called Bathers by Eugene Delacroix. I admired this specific painting because it reminded me of my hiking trips. I’ve gone hiking in Lake Poway (Potato Chip Rock), Cowles Mountain, and Torrey Pines State Reserve. There’s a hike called Three Sisters Falls that I have not visited, but plan on doing one day. I’ve seen pictures and videos of people sliding down and lounging by the waterfall which was similar to the Turkish women in Bathers. When I looked at this…

Liberty Leading the People and Guernica are two very famous paintings that display war in different subject matters. Liberty Leading the People is an artwork of the French Revolution by Eugene Delacroix. Guernica is by Pablo Picasso, and is about the bombing of the City of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The two paintings have similarities and differences portrayed in the artwork. The paintings have much symbolism and political messages about war. The paintings have many similarities and…

a black top hat, an open-collared white shirt and cravat, and an elegantly tailored black coat. Rather than hold a military weapon like his older brother-in-arms, he instead grasps a hunting shotgun”. With the allegories present in this artwork Delacroix wants to send a clear message to the French people: revolution is not only for men, for rich or for poor, revolution is for every single French person. Conclusions The period and the artworks examined in this short essay are a clear example of…

a pioneer of the style was Eugene Delacroix. Delacroix mastered the use of color in his paintings, and he employed a vast repertoire of subjects to paint from his frequent travels. The destination that inspired him the most was Morocco. In the March of 1832, Delacroix left France with the French diplomat Charles de Mornay. Their destination was the palace of Sultan Abd er-Rahman ben Hicham in Meknes, to watch a speech he gave to his troops. It took 13 years for Delacroix to paint the famous…

of their kids did not speak much Spanish, but could understand some of what their parents were saying. They grew up and considered themselves to be “more American” than their parents and were even more detached from their grandparents’ background. Eugene Alphonso, one of the elder sons, did however decide to carry on the family occupation as a fisherman. He also married a Canary Island descendant, Kathleen, and had three sons. None of his sons could speak Spanish nor did they continue the…

Paintings have many contrasting styles and different looks. “Liberty Leading the People” and “Guernica” are just two paintings in the world that are about war. “Liberty Leading the People” was painted by Eugene Delacroix in 1830 and the painting “Guernica” was painted by Pablo Picasso in 1937. Two paintings painted many years apart from one another are shockingly similar, both have hidden messages and both about war. A style of a painting can change from artist to artist. For the first painting…

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28th 1577 in the town of Siegen in Westphalia (now Germany). “He is one of seven children of a wealthy lawyer. Juan Rubens and while his mother Maria Pypelincks was cultured and educated & . Rubens father was a legal adviser and lover to Anna of Saxony who was the wife of William I of Orange. William I was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish. Peter Paul Rubens father was imprisoned for the affair in 1570 however, he was released…

The painting, “Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix in1830, commemorates a bloody three-day revolt in July 1830 which toppled King Charles X after he sought to undo the achievements of the French Revolution (Liberty Leading the People, n.d.). Delacroix painted a dramatic story that celebrates the heroic struggle of the general populace. With the outstretched figure of liberty, the vibrant, bold…