Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Revolution in Art

As per our analysis of the several paintings in flickr, Melissa and I came to the revelation that the crowd representation for liberty is distilled through the melancholy of the counter-revolutionaries and their subordination. The distress and urgency present in the eyes and the demonizing of the authoritative figures is also very present in revolutionary artwork because of the repetitive images of dead bodies, smoke, destruction of architecture and prized possesions, as well as the sophistication of the weaponry which leads to the apprehension of personal space--the surprise attacks and the ambush of counter-revolutionaries. The rallying and warfare against members of aristocracy and members of nobility is also a recurring motif in the paintings--the different prioritizing of clothing and armor--the revolutionaries carry fancy armor while the counter-revolutionaries are dressed in their meek almost pauper-like garments, definitely flesh baring.

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