A GODDESS BECOMES A PLEBEIAN REVOLUTIONARY

LIBERTY GUIDES THE PEOPLE, THE MOST ICONIC WORK MADE IN FRANCE  

By Eugène Delacroix, 1830-1831 / Julien Debure

• Her clothes torn off and her breasts bare, the goddess wears the red cap of freed slaves of Antiquity and leads the fight for freedom:

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• Her scandalous underarm makes her real and since almost all the fighting was done by the humble, she has to be underclass:

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It honors the Revolution of 1830, but its symbolism is universal. The goddess...

• Illustrates French history and Parisian insurrections...

French history summarized at Blois château

  

        

 

• Mobilizes...

"Stop the degradation of our environment and protect our planet"

•  Inspires merch...

• Is part of daily life...

• The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games referred to it and the painting is symbolic elsewhere:

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In Bethlehem

• For the cover of an American magazine, please click.

The Mayor of the 13th district

had it adapted for his New Year greetings.

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The goddess's descendants