It has restored my good spirits.
See how revolutions around the world have sparked art for centuries.
Delacroix was living in Paris at the time, enabling him to experience the chaos firsthand.
Eugène Delacroix, “Liberty Leading the People,” 1830 (Detail)
Three days amid gunfire and bullets, as there was fighting all around, he wrote in 1830.
The regard is directed inward, French art historian Henri Focillonsaid.
The rioter is possessed by a dream to which he assembles the crowd.
Eugène Delacroix, “Liberty Leading the People,” 1830 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
The Cultural Revolution erupted in 1966, when Mao Zedong sought to strengthen his control over the Communist party.
My work is always a readymade, hesaid.
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
Honoré Daumier, “The Uprising,” 1848 or later (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
But at first it has to be appealing to people.
Emanuel Leutze, “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” 1851 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Francisco Goya, “The Third of May,” 1808 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Konstantin Yuon, “New Planet,” 1921 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Diego Rivera, “The Arsenal,” 1928 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Fair Use])
Ai Weiwei, “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” 2010 (Photo:Stock Photosfrom Pabkov/Shutterstock)
