MENU: 5.1. History: which facts?
ALL VIEWS ARE SUBJECTIVE BECAUSE ONE MUST CHOOSE WHAT FACTS TO INCLUDE OR LEAVE OUT
Typical choices emphasize identity (Washington crossing the Delaware, Bonaparte at the bridge of Arcole), kinds of society (Lenin mobilizing the Proletariat, Washington at Mount Vernon) or drama (The Execution of Robespierre).
This section contrasts narrating political facts untied to tangible interests with stressing underlying economic forces.
It uses the French upheavals of 1789-94 and 1830 as examples.
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Liberty Guides the People by Eugène Delacroix, 1831 / zoom |
France's great iconic painting is about the 1830 Revolution.
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