Podcast Episode 32: Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix
- Accessible Art History
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min read
Our journey through Romanticism continues with this work, Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix. It represents the power and passion of people fighting for their rights.
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King Louis Philippe I of France
1830
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Eugène Delacroix
Photo by Félix Nader, 1858
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The Barque of Dante
Eugène Delacroix , 1822
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The Death of Sardanapalus
Eugène Delacroix , 1827
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The Massacre at Chios
Eugène Delacroix , 1824
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The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault, 1818-19
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Sources
Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 12th edition by Fred S. Kleiner.
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