Top 100 Paintings- Liberty Leading the People- Eugene Delacroix- Masterpieces of Art

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This is one of a series of videos that explores masterpieces of painting, or the top 100 paintings.

This video is a deep dive into the painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix. It explores the symbolism and painting of the French Revolution. It explores how he was considered an artist of the Romanticism Art Movement, and how that was different from the dominant style of the Paris Salon- NeoClassicism. His brushstrokes were visible, and the painting has emotional expression. He used chiaroscuro, and personification. He represented the idea of Liberty as a woman. There are different social classes involved in fighting the Revolution. There is also death from the fight. The painting celebrates popular uprising. He influenced later artists like Courbet, Daumier, and the Impressionism. The painting became an iconic symbol of rebellion and the fight for freedom.