The_Age_of_Romanticism

The Age of Romanticism Introduction Eugene Delacroix’s painting Liberty Leading the People was based on the French revolution war which was also known as the July revolution it was sought to over throw king Charles X of France because they were objective to the ideal to form a new ministry which Charles X had directed Jules Armand de Polignac to do. the new ministry would return them to the Ancient Regime refers primarily to the aristocratic, social, and political systems established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties (14th century to the 18th century) the term is French for formal regime but rendered in English as old rule (Ancien Regimes, 2009, ¶ 1) And under the old rule the people of France did not have a voice which means they had to follow whatever rules the government of has set before them it was time for a change which also included the middle class wanting more voice in the government, France was also in a recession and 64,000 Parisians did not have any stable employment they were independent either in crime or charity an evasion of Algeria in many of 1830 aimed at distracting the population from its domestic problems was unsuccessful in that task.(Oberhofer, 2009, p. 275-292) Eugene Delacroix tries to gives us an ideal of the many events that took place on that day. Shades and tones In this painting Delacroix used darker tones to bring out The brightness of the clouds which clearly brings out the main focus of the painting which is lady liberty the staff that she holds signifies her fight for freedom her torn dress and bare breast was probably the artist indication of how she was able lour her enemies in by attraction Freedom The dead soldiers represents the lives that was lost these soldiers died for something that they believed in there were many whom have died in a war in which they were fighting for freedom there was also a soldier who had lost his clothing that probably have been is to be expected when fighting the flag of France that that she holds in her left is a symbol of defeat France has won the war each colors that the artist used in the painting complements a scene his purpose was to get audience to focus not just on one elements but to look at the many elements that was involved while creating this painting. Liberty leading the people clearly reflects the ideal and artistic elements of romanticism. Emotions Delacroix may have painted himself in the portrait in order imagine what they may have been going through while they were fighting in the French revolution war or when the war was one. Definition Often romanticism is an artist and intellectual movement origination in Europe in the late 18th century and characterized by a heighten intense in nature emphasis on the individual expression of emotions and imaginations, departure and attitudes and form of classicism rebellions against established social rules and conventions.(“Romanticism“, 2005, ¶ 2) Conclusions The painting liberty leading the people is one of Eugene’s Delacroix greatest paintings it captures all of the characteristics of the revolution war his selection of colors symmetry of shapes clearly complements each and every scene in the painting from lady liberty leading her troops to victory to the self portrait of Delacroix himself as well as the soldier whom have lost his trousers in the midst of the war I was able to used my imagination and get a feel of maybe what it must have felt like to fight for that great cause freedom.