Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @aesoprocksGM
    @aesoprocksGM 7 років тому +54

    I think this is my favorite smarthistory video. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker have such good voices. They so accurately voice the emotion and energy of the painting.

  • @thewaywardpoet
    @thewaywardpoet 3 роки тому +15

    I likely would never have known this painting existed were it not for Coldplay. I remember buying 'Viva la Vida' upon its release in 2008 and thinking just how marvelous the painting on the cover was. Thank you to whoever was responsible for designing the cover art. It truly is an exquisite work of art.

  • @VictorRochaGaming
    @VictorRochaGaming Рік тому +4

    We visited the Louvre in February 2018. The place was practically empty. We got to take our time in the Red Room. The Delacroix next to the Raft of Medusa is an unforgettable sight.

  • @memorandom7484
    @memorandom7484 7 років тому +36

    Best observed with La Marseillaise playing full blast in your ears.

  • @applescruff1969
    @applescruff1969 4 роки тому +11

    One of my favorite paintings. Great video.

  • @tertiary7
    @tertiary7 6 років тому +6

    Watching this as freedom loving people take to the streets of Paris once again this week.. vive la france

  • @weeyum99
    @weeyum99 7 років тому +49

    I used to rule the world
    Seas would rise when I gave the word
    Now in the morning I sleep alone
    Sweep the streets I used to own
    I used to roll the dice, feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
    Listen as the crowd would sing
    Now the old King is dead, long live the King
    One minute I held the key
    Next the walls were closed on me
    And I discovered that my castles stand
    Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
    I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
    Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
    Be my mirror, my sword and shield
    My missionaries in a foreign field
    For some reason I can't explain
    Once you go there was never
    Never an honest word
    And that was when I ruled the world
    It was the wicked and wild wind
    Blew down the doors to let me in
    Shattered windows and the sound of drums
    People couldn't believe what I'd become
    Revolutionaries wait
    For my head on a silver plate
    Just a puppet on a lonely string
    Oh who would ever want to be king?
    I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
    Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
    Be my mirror, my sword and shield
    My missionaries in a foreign field
    For some reason I can't explain
    I know Saint Peter won't call my name
    Never an honest word
    But that was when I ruled the world
    I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
    Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
    Be my mirror, my sword and shield
    My missionaries in a foreign field
    For some reason I can't explain
    I know Saint Peter won't call my name
    Never an honest word
    But that was when I ruled the world...

  • @jeanettesanchez7066
    @jeanettesanchez7066 Рік тому

    Beautiful and powerful painting- hope to see it in person one day!

  • @musxidntty
    @musxidntty 7 років тому +9

    Thanks for the captions :)

  • @Sasha0927
    @Sasha0927 4 місяці тому

    This one is irresistible to me today. I hope to stride across my own barricades and lead myself to liberty soon enough.
    I'm not sure how King Charles was considered "reactionary," but look forward to learning more about French history as my studies continue. It's apparently something to do with his conservatism, but I don't know what that means in a practical sense or why the French people were so angry about it.
    From the classical profile of Liberty's face, to the unity of classes fighting a common enemy to the rowdy pistol kid, I enjoyed hearing the various elements that went into this. I wonder what that planning process was like for Delacroix. And what a journey this painting has taken since it's creation... That's how you know it has power. Fascinating.

  • @simonsuarez5314
    @simonsuarez5314 2 роки тому

    Beautiful painting. I hope I can see it one day in person.

  • @clio2rsminicup
    @clio2rsminicup 7 місяців тому +2

    The painting was restored and returned to its place at the Louvre that day! 🙂

  • @thehpw
    @thehpw Рік тому

    Perhaps the best piece at the Louvre.

  • @BorselinoThadchack
    @BorselinoThadchack 4 місяці тому

    God I love you guys!

  • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
    @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @alanorgan4300
    @alanorgan4300 Рік тому

    Spot-on. Thank you.

  • @zoefang4563
    @zoefang4563 6 років тому +2

    Delacroix

  • @vicentecastro590
    @vicentecastro590 3 роки тому +2

    Es una pintura bellísima,además muy importante para los liberales como yo.

  • @alexlannyfishing8317
    @alexlannyfishing8317 4 роки тому +10

    Anyone else notice how she had the camera aimed at herself 0:08

  • @ghostofyou9721
    @ghostofyou9721 3 роки тому

    I JUST REALIZED MY IDENTITY TODAY....I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS PAINTING SYMBOLIZES THAT I RELATE TO LADY LIBERTY. HEY BROS, HOMIES, AMIGOS, MATES, I am Lady Liberty. My patriotism is global. But my heart will ALWAYS fall back to Europe and the Americas. Like to the point where I stood in the pose on the cover of the musical Hamilton and I wanted to freeze that moment. That was a moment I will NEVER forget....Liberty Leading the People HI HELLO

  • @jerrydonquixote5927
    @jerrydonquixote5927 3 роки тому +1

    And the French are doing it again as we speak right now Viva la France! Strength stand strong French brothers and sisters from America I have all the respect and admiration for you all!

  • @jacelibarreto4960
    @jacelibarreto4960 4 роки тому +3

    Linda pintura de Delacroix inspiração para todos nós artistas plásticos 🇧🇷🎺🌍🇧🇷🌠🎻🌍🎷🌃🌞

  • @romuald5198
    @romuald5198 7 років тому +12

    A lot of people including French think this painting is about the 1789 Revolution and don't know anything about the 1830 Three Glorious Days

    • @freewal
      @freewal 5 років тому

      And some people think it was painted during the Commune de Paris (1871)

  • @jonaslundholm
    @jonaslundholm 7 років тому +13

    Great video as always! But, I would like more on what specifically make Delacroix's painting romantic. To me it is almost pre-realism with the themes of class, change and the horrors of reality and the fact the Delacroix wants to instigate ideological debate.

    • @gmpm
      @gmpm 6 років тому +1

      I think it's safe to say it's not firmly planted in one category or the other, it's a blend of romantic and realist. I think they mention it fits in with the Romantic period strictly because of Liberty being the lead personification and dominant character of the painting. But there are too many other elements, too much other stuff going on for it to be thought of as one or the other, IMO.

  • @michaelbaumgart2391
    @michaelbaumgart2391 2 роки тому +1

    Video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🌹

  • @Jonathanest90s
    @Jonathanest90s 6 років тому +6

    All I can say is Coldplay.

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 4 роки тому +2

      I do hear Coldplay's music in the background, it almost moves the desperate, fighting, figures, in the painting to revolution!🇫🇷
      Vive la France! 🤔
      Viva la vida! 🎵

  • @zoefang4563
    @zoefang4563 6 років тому +3

    Delacroix= French for "Of the cross"

  • @nikosiderakis7105
    @nikosiderakis7105 6 років тому

    Delacroix Horse's Eyes by Nicholas Siderakis
    When viewing the painter's masterpiece (The Massacre of Chios)
    Look at the Massacre !
    Don't see it ?
    Stare into Delacroix horse's sorrowful round eyes
    They're a gateway, a portal
    The horse distraught and horrified
    Its white mane stained red
    By Chians in bondage
    Tyrants ready to sell them in Constantinople's markets
    Or to slaughter them like cattle by the thousands
    Oh! Look all around you I tell ya
    Tears trickling down mastic trees stem
    For they are living witnesses to the carnage
    Stare even deeper into Delacroix horse's eyes
    If a picture could speak a million words
    This would be it

  • @grumbly_1184
    @grumbly_1184 10 місяців тому

    POV your watching this video for a school project you have to do

  • @chattimac2476
    @chattimac2476 4 роки тому +2

    I think it has happened too many times
    All over the world including in french history
    Even during the reign of macron
    There was the yellow vest incident

    • @ghostofyou9721
      @ghostofyou9721 3 роки тому

      VIVA LA FRANCE I AM LADY LIBERY HELLO I DON'T DISCRIMINATE also side note--i stood like Hamilton on the cover--the playbill--and it took me a minute to realize what I was doing.

  • @wojtekgall4766
    @wojtekgall4766 4 роки тому

    ....dostał lud wolność...😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @PILOSOPAUL
    @PILOSOPAUL 7 років тому +7

    Gavroche!!!

    • @selenettefn9957
      @selenettefn9957 5 років тому +3

      True, they said Hugo was inspired by this painting when writing Les Misérables, and Gavroche was modeled based on the boy on the right.

  • @somerandomname3124
    @somerandomname3124 7 років тому +2

    Blegh, Delacroix, one of my least favorite artists.
    But anywho will you guys go see the Michelangelo exhibition at the Met during Novemeber? It'll have 150 drawings made by him.