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* ProtagonistTitle: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of freedom is TheProtagonist and the focal point of the painting's composition.
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* FullFrontalAssault: {{Downplayed}}. Liberty's dress is torn from fighting in a war, and so, it has left her topless but not entirely naked.
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* LaResistance: The woman in the painting leads an armed citizenry to victory.

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* LaResistance: The woman in the painting leads an armed citizenry to victory.victory against the oppressive, absolutist French government.
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''Liberty Leading the People'' (French: ''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil {{painting|s}} by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution July Revolution]].

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''Liberty Leading the People'' (French: ''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil {{painting|s}} by French painter [[Creator/EugengeDelacroix Eugène Delacroix.Delacroix]]. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution July Revolution]].
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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution July Revolution]].

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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La (French: ''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting {{painting|s}} by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution July Revolution]].
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Liberty is personified as a strong woman bearing the French tricolor.

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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Liberty is personified as a strong woman bearing the French tricolor.tricolor flag.

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* HatOfAuthority: The rich man with the blunderbuss is wearing a fancy top hat to show his status.



* NiceHat: The rich man with the blunderbuss is wearing a fancy top hat.

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* LaResistance: The woman in the painting leads an armed citizenry to victory.


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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the July Revolution.

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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution July Revolution.Revolution]].



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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the July Revolution, and debuted in 1831.

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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the July Revolution, and debuted in 1831.Revolution.
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* ChildSoldiers: One young boy dual-wielding pistol is part of the revolution.

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* ChildSoldiers: One A young boy dual-wielding pistol pistols is part of the revolution.
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* NiceHat: The rich man with the blunderbuss is wearing a fancy top hat.
* NippleAndDimed: Famous for Liberty's dress being torn, exposing her breasts.
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''Liberty Leading the People'' is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the July Revolution, and debuted in 1831.

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''Liberty Leading the People'' (''La Liberté guidant le peuple'') is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the July Revolution, and debuted in 1831.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The painting presents the revolution as a positive force, as the citizens were fighting for their rights and liberty against an oppressive and stingy government (evidenced by the dead soldier who lies in the foreground).

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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The painting presents the revolution as a glorious and positive force, as the citizens were are fighting for their rights and liberty against an oppressive and stingy government (evidenced by the dead soldier who lies in the foreground).
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* BowAndSwordInAccord: Implied by the leftmost man, who is wielding a sword and carrying a gun in his belt.
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* GunsAkimbo: The young boy to Liberty's side is dual-wielding pistols.
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''Liberty Leading the People'' is an oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix. It was painted in 1830 to celebrate the abdication of King Charles X after the July Revolution, and debuted in 1831.

In the painting, a woman representing Liberty bears the French tricolor as she leads an armed citizenry (including a man in a top hat and a suit, a working-class revolutionary, and a pistol-bearing young boy) to victory.

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* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: The personification of Liberty stands atop a floor of corpses as she leads the French people.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Liberty is personified as a strong woman bearing the French tricolor.
* NationsAsPeople: The woman in the painting representing Liberty is also conflated with Marianne, the contemporary personification of France.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Liberty is positioned as a heroic paragon. She is clothed in a yellow dress and a red cap and bears the red, blue, and white French flag.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The painting presents the revolution as a positive force, as the citizens were fighting for their rights and liberty against an oppressive and stingy government (evidenced by the dead soldier who lies in the foreground).
* RuleOfSymbolism: Both rich and poor are seen charging behind Liberty, suggesting that it is a struggle that crosses class lines. The young boy beside her symbolizes the youth.
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