This painting is by Eugene Delacroix and is entitled, La Liberté Guidant le Peuple, which means Liberty Leading the People. This is one of my favorite paintings and I think it is a good example of Romantic art. It shows Marrianne, who is Liberty personified and the symbol of the nation, leading a troop of French revolutionaries over rubble and bodies. Delacroix did this painting to commemorate the French Revolution and the overthrow of Charles X. The revolutionaries were a mix of many different people. Bourgeoise, upper class, and lower class all fighting side by side for a common cause. This painting is a celebration of the power of the common man.
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