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

  

        

 

•  Recalls a tragedy...

The terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo journal (on January 15, 2025)

Rue des Vimoutiers, 13th / zoom

• 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.

 

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The Mayor of Paris's 13th district 

used an adaptation for his New Year's greetings...

"Jérôme Coumet, Mayor of the 13th and the municipal team, present their best wishes for 2025." 

Taking it from the painting that adorns

City Hall's great stairs:

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The goddess's descendants