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Eugene Delacroix, Liberte Leading the People. THEMES. Louis Philippe – the Bourgeois King – though mediocre Paris as city of Revolutionary Violence Revolution of 1830 – Associated with Youth/Students Scene of Revolution/City – Very Masculine in spite of image of Liberty
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THEMES Louis Philippe – the Bourgeois King – though mediocre Paris as city of Revolutionary Violence Revolution of 1830 – Associated with Youth/Students Scene of Revolution/City – Very Masculine in spite of image of Liberty Period 1830-1848: transitional – everything transitional: Politics—Still Monarchy but on the Edge of Representative Government Culture—Students, Adolescents – on Edge of Adulthood – could take risks before reaching adulthood Economy – grisettes – work still being put out to be finished in homes or Paris garrottes (cheap flats—on upper floors in dicey neighborhoods) – on edge of factory based Industrialization