ans of illusions. This is done by the objects closer to us appear larger that the objects farther away. Another way to show the illusion of three-dimensional space is having the objects closer to us overlaps or covers the objects behind them. This is how Delacroix used to show depth. The woman is show as a symbol of Liberty. Delacroix uses color to show atmospheric or aerial perspective. Objects that are farther away appear less distinct and are often bluer in color or cooler. He uses atmospheric perspective with the hazy sky and the buildings in the city being a very cool color. He uses many different tints, adding white to a hue, and shades, adding black to a hue, of brown, red, blue, and black. The pictures effect uses lines in the extraordinary brilliance of chiaroscuro and color. Much of the work is done in low-key colors. Meaning that the colors used are low on the key scale of that color. An example is the color brown is a dark brown, which would be on the low part of the scale. The light source is coming from behind Liberty. The Lightest areas are around Liberty and the dark areas are around the outside of Liberty.Delacroix uses time by freezing that moment, as if he took a photograph of what happened at that moment. Delacroix loves to use texture in his work. Much of it is visual texture. Visual texture is an illusion, something appears to the actual texture but it is not.To achieve visual balance an artist use either one of the following, symmetrical balance, asymmetrical balance, or radial balance. Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People is asymmetrically balanced. The two sides are not a mirror image of each other but the both possess about the same visual weight.The focal point of this work is Liberty. The emphasis is on Liberty because she is the most important figure in the work. Liberty stands out more than the other figures because she is caring the flag with bright colors of red, blue and white.Liberty L...
