title liberty
The painting is an allegory of revolution itself. Liberty is a majestic woman of noble dignity the waves the people forwards to the barricades. The path of her advance is over the dead and dying of both parties- the people and the royal troops. It shows the political temper of revolutionary Europe through Romanticism.

Liberty leading the People

Who- Eugene Delacroix
What- Oil on Canvas
When- 1830
Where-Paris
Why- Shows all social classes of Paris fighting side by side for liberty.
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