Blog #8

This the first Sculpture that I have seen in the book that the people are happy. The Ladies that are dancing around the man are all smiling. The piece was carved by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Within it, Carpeaux used mythical symbolism to show the theme of uninhabited Dionysian revelry. 

The most important thing about the sculpture is that Carpeaux refused to idealize the figure's physical structure. This went against the Neoclassical way of creating sculptures. So the French academic art moved more towards the realistic side. 

I think that this sculpture is a good example of why we do not have as many sculptures of people in public areas. Artists have moved more towards the realistic idea of art, which brings a problem for those people who are having a sculpture created after them. People do not like to see the real view of themselves because it can show their flaws. 

Blog #7

Delacroix painted this art work to recreate the revolt against the reinstated press censorship, returned education to Catholic church control, and limited voting rights. The woman in the middle of the canvas is a representation of liberty. It almost brings the idea of "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." I don't think that Delacroix was trying to show that there were women in the revolt but to show the idea of liberty helping the men to move forward. She has an almost god complex from the clouds around her, how high she is in the canvas, and the man down below looking up at her. We all have that sense of feeling that we all need to push on to get ahead in life. Just like what this painting does for the French, the Statue of Liberty does for us. It is a reminder of what we all have worked and suffered for to us have faith in ourselves.