Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People

Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (July 28, 1830), September - December 1830, oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

[@aesoprocksGM]

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.

[@alihaydarnar9543]

They are georgeous...

[@memorandom7484]

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

[@thewaywardpoet]

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]

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.

[@applescruff1969]

One of my favorite paintings. Great video.

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

My favorite too

[@weeyum99]

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...

[@Smilextreeme]

Will Hobbs ah, i see youre a man of culture aswell

[@DTheAustralian]

based

[@ghostofyou9721]

OH MY YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[@crypticmoonTV]

💙💙💙

[@clio2rsminicup]

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

[@musxidntty]

Thanks for the captions :)

[@tertiary7]

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

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

Beautiful

[@alanorgan4300]

Spot-on. Thank you.

[@simonsuarez5314]

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

[@jeanettesanchez7066]

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

[@zoefang4563]

Delacroix

[@thehpw]

Perhaps the best piece at the Louvre.

[@vicentecastro590]

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

[@alexlannyfishing8317]

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

[@ghostofyou9721]

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

[@jonaslundholm]

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]

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]

Video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🌹

[@romuald5198]

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]

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

[@jacelibarreto4960]

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

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

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!

[@Jonathanest90s]

All I can say is Coldplay.

[@Zeldarw104]

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]

Delacroix= French for "Of the cross"

[@grumbly_1184]

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

[@wojtekgall4766]

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

[@chattimac2476]

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]

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.

[@nikosiderakis7105]

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

[@PILOSOPAUL]

Gavroche!!!

[@selenettefn9957]

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]

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.