x made a number of sketches. They contained street fighter, individually and in groups. He decided to construct his artwork around the allegorical female representing Liberty. This was a daring concept. Having the bloodstained victims of an actual battle and setting a high-flown symbolic figure in the middle of the dirt.Delacroixs Liberty figure although clearly a symbol, marks a transition from the fleshier, more realistic woman of his early career to the smooth-skinned, straight-nosed and monumental creatures that will be seen in different dress and settings in many later paintings. This work is obviously charged with symbolic and meaning. The painting was done between October and December 1830, the exact time of the Three Glorious Days. Liberty Leading the People identifies its beginnings and invites us to place it in exact historical context.Liberty Leading the People is a two-dimensional painting. Delacroix uses linear perspective to give the effect of 3-dimensional space. He uses aerial perspective with the city in the back being smaller and the sky is blue and gray. The style of this work is very realistic. The battle of July Revolution of 1830 is the subject matter. The meaning of the image, content, is the people wanting Liberty and the battle the people went through to gain liberty and Liberty leads the people on.Line can imply direction and movement also outline shapes and forms. Most of the figures are outlined with a black line. Some are a little thicker than others. With implied line you can get the direction and where someone is looking. Liberty is looking at the man wearing the top hat. The man holding himself up is looking at Liberty. Delacroixs lines are quick, fluid and imprecise, flurry of curves, linear webs and knots. The medium used allows for blending for the shading. No hatching or cross-hatching was used. The space is two-dimensional but uses a sense of depth of three-dimensional space by the me...
