One of the most important things an artist can do to a piece of art is, apply the formal elements of art to convey the meaning of that piece. The culture in which the artwork was produced and the artistic movement in which it was produced also play a role in conveying the meaning of the piece. Although Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” and Eugene Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” are scenes depicting battles, the cultures that affected these works differ significantly. Picasso’s canvas comes during the time of the Spanish Civil War and the art movement of cubism. Whereas, Delacroix’s painting comes during the time of the French Revolution of 1830 and the art movement of realism. There was a civil war taking place in Spain, in 1936, between…show more content… Cubism focused on geometric forms, the fragmentation of an object and increasing abstraction. Within the canvas the sense of any foreground is eliminated due to the overlapping images. Another formal element that allows the elimination of the foreground is the use of colors. Picasso painted his canvas using simple shades of gray, blue, and white. Robinson references Picasso’s use of color a symbol for a newspaper. She also states that the newspaper reference is even more fruitful in the design of the horse and how the hair looks like newspaper writing. The bodies in the painting are mostly boxy and geometrically shaped. Light is also manipulated in this canvas. The lightbulb at the top of the canvas has a triangle stemming down from the top to the bottom of the canvas highlighting the center figures. Picasso creates motion in this canvas with the help of visual perspective. One’s eyes are immediately drawn to the right side of the canvas where the three women seem to be moving towards the left. This takes you to the center of the canvas where the horse, which represents the Republican Basque troops is dying in agony. The horse looks off to the left where the most dramatic figures are. One lies on the floor in death and the other a woman who is looking up presumably to…show more content… When King Louis-XVII was restored the king of France he promised to be a constitutional monarch and he gave a charter to the people. (Martinez). King Louis-XVII ordered the removal of the tri color flag and he imposed heavy censorship of the press. After King Louis-XVII passed, his brother Charles-X inherited the thrown and the conditions of the monarch grew extremely worse under his rule. Some reasons for this were the issuance of Anti-Sacrilege Act. This law imposed the death penalty for anyone profaning the Eucharist. Also, many believed that he was pandering to the Catholic Church which violated the “La Charte” which guaranteed equality of religious belief. There was also a big battle of property ownerships that was carried over from the 1789 Revolution. After a back and forth spat King Charles-X dismantled parliament and delayed elections for two months. On July twenty-fifth King Charles-X issued the Four Ordinances of Saint-Cloud – also known as the July Ordinances. These ordinances included the suspension of the press, withdrew deputies’ rights of amendment, excluded the middle-class form elections, and reduced the number of deputies. These ordinances angered the French citizens which led to the French Revolution beginning on July
