La Liberté guidant le peuple - Parc Asterix (Plailly/FR)
Liberte guiding the people, it will certainly have been a shared idea among the Gauls in their fight against the occupying Romans. This illustration shows a particularly great resemblance to the painting “Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix. Often known as a symbol of the French Revolution in 1789. The canvas shows a barricade on which citizens and bourgeoisie march together under the leadership of liberty. In the center is a naked woman waving a French flag among the rebellious citizens, an iconic image of the French Revolution.
The woman, a symbol from the first French Revolution of 1789, bears the name Marianne. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1814, Marianne fell into oblivion, until Delacroix used her in his famous painting. Delacroix's Marianne was not peaceful, but fought together with the people. Delacroix thus brought Marianne back to the attention of the French. During the Third Republic, she was therefore embraced by the French people. Her statue appeared on the Place de la République and the Place de la Nation in Paris. She also served as an example for the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Marianne is the symbol of the French revolutions and the freedom of the people. The French government has therefore included Marianne in the official logo of the government. The painting does not show the famous storming of the Bastille in 1789, which is commemorated annually in France as a national holiday on 14 July. Delacroix painted the work in 1830 after France's second revolution, commemorating the July Revolution in Paris that removed Charles X, the restored Bourbon king, from the throne.
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Background information
The Bastille was taken on 14 July 1789 and on 16 July the order was given to demolish the Bastille. The stones were used to build the Concorde Bridge in 1791. The Pont de la Concorde is a bridge over the Seine in Paris, between the Quai des Tuileries (Place de la Concorde) and the Quai d'Orsay. It is 153 metres long and 34 metres wide. On 16 June 1792, it was decreed that an area would be created on the grounds of the prison, called Liberty Square, and that a column would be erected in the centre of this square, topped by the Statue of Liberty.
Photo: La Liberté guidant le peuple - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #Gauls #freedom - #art #illustration / #FineArtPhotography #ParcAsterix in #Plailly, #Oise - #France
Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989), photo May 5, 2023 after 34 years 5 days since 1989.
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Plailly: Parc Asterix - Fine Art Photography
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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Published at - Flickr
La Liberté guidant le peuple - Parc Asterix (Plailly/FR)
Liberte guiding the people, it will certainly have been a shared idea among the Gauls in their fight against the occupying Romans. This illustration shows a particularly great resemblance to the painting “Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix. Often known as a symbol of the French Revolution in 1789. The canvas shows a barricade on which citizens and bourgeoisie march together under the leadership of liberty. In the center is a naked woman waving a French flag among the rebellious citizens, an iconic image of the French Revolution.
The woman, a symbol from the first French Revolution of 1789, bears the name Marianne. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1814, Marianne fell into oblivion, until Delacroix used her in his famous painting. Delacroix's Marianne was not peaceful, but fought together with the people. Delacroix thus brought Marianne back to the attention of the French. During the Third Republic, she was therefore embraced by the French people. Her statue appeared on the Place de la République and the Place de la Nation in Paris. She also served as an example for the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Marianne is the symbol of the French revolutions and the freedom of the people. The French government has therefore included Marianne in the official logo of the government. The painting does not show the famous storming of the Bastille in 1789, which is commemorated annually in France as a national holiday on 14 July. Delacroix painted the work in 1830 after France's second revolution, commemorating the July Revolution in Paris that removed Charles X, the restored Bourbon king, from the throne.
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Background information
The Bastille was taken on 14 July 1789 and on 16 July the order was given to demolish the Bastille. The stones were used to build the Concorde Bridge in 1791. The Pont de la Concorde is a bridge over the Seine in Paris, between the Quai des Tuileries (Place de la Concorde) and the Quai d'Orsay. It is 153 metres long and 34 metres wide. On 16 June 1792, it was decreed that an area would be created on the grounds of the prison, called Liberty Square, and that a column would be erected in the centre of this square, topped by the Statue of Liberty.
Photo: La Liberté guidant le peuple - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #Gauls #freedom - #art #illustration / #FineArtPhotography #ParcAsterix in #Plailly, #Oise - #France
Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989), photo May 5, 2023 after 34 years 5 days since 1989.
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Plailly: Parc Asterix - Fine Art Photography
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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Published at - Flickr