Such painters as Fuseli, Goya, Gericault, _______ and Friedrich employed dramatic subjects, severe light and dark contrasts, and violent compositions to create an emotional charge in their work.
Augustin
Sauveterre
Fournier
Delacroix
At the time of the July Revolution of 1830. Delacroix showed a strong patriotic fervor, characteristic of the Romantics, though he himself did not participate in tumultuous historical events.
Nevertheless, his work "Liberty leading the people" is an echo of the substance of the events of that time. T
he composition is organized dynamically, the movement in it is pronounced, light, dark and surfaces that are in the shade suggest depth and achieve a complete illusion of space.
The main means of expression is color and its line and form are subordinated to it.
The figures are allegorical, each representing a social stature, while at the center of this parable is "Mother France" - a young, bare-chested girl who decisively bears the French flag.
