Charging Bull

Prompt: In Charging Bull, how is the Replicas discussed?

In 2010, a similar Charging Bull sculpture by Di Modica was installed in Shanghai on commission by the Shanghai city authority; it is informally called the Bund Bull. Two years later, Di Modica unofficially installed another Charging Bull sculpture outside the Amsterdam Stock Exchange on Beursplein, Amsterdam.In 2019, Professional Bull Riders authorized Di Modica to craft a scaled replica of Charging Bull as the trophy for the champion of their annual Monster Energy PBR Unleash the Beast bull riding major event, the Monster Energy Buck Off at the Garden major.  It was first presented during the 2020 event to João Ricardo Vieira.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: In the context of Charging Bull, explain the Art market and the Replicas.

Di Modica worked the majority of his career alone, from his SoHo studio without representation. By the 1990s, Di Modica's artwork had achieved global icon status, but he continued to work outside of the formal art market. By 2000 he had built up a roster of wealthy private collectors. He ate in Cipriani Downtown most days whilst in New York where he met new clients and entertained his existing ones.Di Modica put the original 16ft Charging Bull on the market in 2004 with an asking price of $5m. Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and ex-owner of Christies, later purchased the sculpture on the condition that he never move it from Bowling Green. Lewis also purchased the rest of the 16ft edition which he installed on his various golf courses. In 2012, Di Modica met the London-based art dealer, Jacob Harmer, and shortly afterwards entered into his first formal representation agreement with Harmer's dealership, Geist, based on Mount Street, Mayfair. From 2013, Harmer began documenting the life of the artist, commissioning new sculptures, buying back historical works and building a global market. In October 2018, the first major work by Modica came to auction, a 6ft polished bronze version of Charging Bull at Phillips London which was the first in an edition of eight and marked "1987–89". The sculpture sold for £309,000 ($405,000). In March 2019, a stainless steel version of Charging Bull came to auction at Sotheby's New York and despite being in poor condition, sold for $275,000. In Arturo Di Modica: The Last Modern Master, his representative confirms selling 4ft sculptures for up to $496,000.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Explain the Art market about the Replicas of this artwork, Charging Bull.

Di Modica worked the majority of his career alone, from his SoHo studio without representation. By the 1990s, Di Modica's artwork had achieved global icon status, but he continued to work outside of the formal art market. By 2000 he had built up a roster of wealthy private collectors. He ate in Cipriani Downtown most days whilst in New York where he met new clients and entertained his existing ones.Di Modica put the original 16ft Charging Bull on the market in 2004 with an asking price of $5m. Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and ex-owner of Christies, later purchased the sculpture on the condition that he never move it from Bowling Green. Lewis also purchased the rest of the 16ft edition which he installed on his various golf courses. In 2012, Di Modica met the London-based art dealer, Jacob Harmer, and shortly afterwards entered into his first formal representation agreement with Harmer's dealership, Geist, based on Mount Street, Mayfair. From 2013, Harmer began documenting the life of the artist, commissioning new sculptures, buying back historical works and building a global market. In October 2018, the first major work by Modica came to auction, a 6ft polished bronze version of Charging Bull at Phillips London which was the first in an edition of eight and marked "1987–89". The sculpture sold for £309,000 ($405,000). In March 2019, a stainless steel version of Charging Bull came to auction at Sotheby's New York and despite being in poor condition, sold for $275,000. In Arturo Di Modica: The Last Modern Master, his representative confirms selling 4ft sculptures for up to $496,000.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: In Charging Bull, how is the Art market of the Replicas explained?

Di Modica worked the majority of his career alone, from his SoHo studio without representation. By the 1990s, Di Modica's artwork had achieved global icon status, but he continued to work outside of the formal art market. By 2000 he had built up a roster of wealthy private collectors. He ate in Cipriani Downtown most days whilst in New York where he met new clients and entertained his existing ones.Di Modica put the original 16ft Charging Bull on the market in 2004 with an asking price of $5m. Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and ex-owner of Christies, later purchased the sculpture on the condition that he never move it from Bowling Green. Lewis also purchased the rest of the 16ft edition which he installed on his various golf courses. In 2012, Di Modica met the London-based art dealer, Jacob Harmer, and shortly afterwards entered into his first formal representation agreement with Harmer's dealership, Geist, based on Mount Street, Mayfair. From 2013, Harmer began documenting the life of the artist, commissioning new sculptures, buying back historical works and building a global market. In October 2018, the first major work by Modica came to auction, a 6ft polished bronze version of Charging Bull at Phillips London which was the first in an edition of eight and marked "1987–89". The sculpture sold for £309,000 ($405,000). In March 2019, a stainless steel version of Charging Bull came to auction at Sotheby's New York and despite being in poor condition, sold for $275,000. In Arturo Di Modica: The Last Modern Master, his representative confirms selling 4ft sculptures for up to $496,000.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the Art market in Charging Bull's Replicas.

Di Modica worked the majority of his career alone, from his SoHo studio without representation. By the 1990s, Di Modica's artwork had achieved global icon status, but he continued to work outside of the formal art market. By 2000 he had built up a roster of wealthy private collectors. He ate in Cipriani Downtown most days whilst in New York where he met new clients and entertained his existing ones.Di Modica put the original 16ft Charging Bull on the market in 2004 with an asking price of $5m. Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and ex-owner of Christies, later purchased the sculpture on the condition that he never move it from Bowling Green. Lewis also purchased the rest of the 16ft edition which he installed on his various golf courses. In 2012, Di Modica met the London-based art dealer, Jacob Harmer, and shortly afterwards entered into his first formal representation agreement with Harmer's dealership, Geist, based on Mount Street, Mayfair. From 2013, Harmer began documenting the life of the artist, commissioning new sculptures, buying back historical works and building a global market. In October 2018, the first major work by Modica came to auction, a 6ft polished bronze version of Charging Bull at Phillips London which was the first in an edition of eight and marked "1987–89". The sculpture sold for £309,000 ($405,000). In March 2019, a stainless steel version of Charging Bull came to auction at Sotheby's New York and despite being in poor condition, sold for $275,000. In Arturo Di Modica: The Last Modern Master, his representative confirms selling 4ft sculptures for up to $496,000.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Focus on Charging Bull and explain the Criticism.

Charging Bull has often been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective. The Occupy Wall Street protests used the bull as a symbolic figure around which to direct their critiques of corporate greed. A 2011 image from Adbusters portraying a dancer posed in an attitude position atop the sculpture was used to promote the forthcoming protests. The first gathering of Occupy took place around the sculpture on September 17, 2011, before moving to Zuccotti Park. Because of the protests, the bull was surrounded by barricades and guarded by police until 2014.Charging Bull has been likened to the golden calf worshiped by the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt. During Occupy Wall Street on multiple occasions an interfaith group of religious leaders led a procession of a golden calf figure that was modeled on the bull. A large papier-mâché piñata made by Sebastian Errazuriz for a 2014 New York design festival was intended to be reminiscent of both the golden calf and Charging Bull. Further comparisons to the golden calf have been made by Jewish and Christian religious commentators.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Explain the Criticism of this artwork, Charging Bull.

Charging Bull has often been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective. The Occupy Wall Street protests used the bull as a symbolic figure around which to direct their critiques of corporate greed. A 2011 image from Adbusters portraying a dancer posed in an attitude position atop the sculpture was used to promote the forthcoming protests. The first gathering of Occupy took place around the sculpture on September 17, 2011, before moving to Zuccotti Park. Because of the protests, the bull was surrounded by barricades and guarded by police until 2014.Charging Bull has been likened to the golden calf worshiped by the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt. During Occupy Wall Street on multiple occasions an interfaith group of religious leaders led a procession of a golden calf figure that was modeled on the bull. A large papier-mâché piñata made by Sebastian Errazuriz for a 2014 New York design festival was intended to be reminiscent of both the golden calf and Charging Bull. Further comparisons to the golden calf have been made by Jewish and Christian religious commentators.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: How does Charging Bull explain its Criticism?

Charging Bull has often been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective. The Occupy Wall Street protests used the bull as a symbolic figure around which to direct their critiques of corporate greed. A 2011 image from Adbusters portraying a dancer posed in an attitude position atop the sculpture was used to promote the forthcoming protests. The first gathering of Occupy took place around the sculpture on September 17, 2011, before moving to Zuccotti Park. Because of the protests, the bull was surrounded by barricades and guarded by police until 2014.Charging Bull has been likened to the golden calf worshiped by the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt. During Occupy Wall Street on multiple occasions an interfaith group of religious leaders led a procession of a golden calf figure that was modeled on the bull. A large papier-mâché piñata made by Sebastian Errazuriz for a 2014 New York design festival was intended to be reminiscent of both the golden calf and Charging Bull. Further comparisons to the golden calf have been made by Jewish and Christian religious commentators.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: In Charging Bull, how is the Criticism discussed?

Charging Bull has often been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective. The Occupy Wall Street protests used the bull as a symbolic figure around which to direct their critiques of corporate greed. A 2011 image from Adbusters portraying a dancer posed in an attitude position atop the sculpture was used to promote the forthcoming protests. The first gathering of Occupy took place around the sculpture on September 17, 2011, before moving to Zuccotti Park. Because of the protests, the bull was surrounded by barricades and guarded by police until 2014.Charging Bull has been likened to the golden calf worshiped by the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt. During Occupy Wall Street on multiple occasions an interfaith group of religious leaders led a procession of a golden calf figure that was modeled on the bull. A large papier-mâché piñata made by Sebastian Errazuriz for a 2014 New York design festival was intended to be reminiscent of both the golden calf and Charging Bull. Further comparisons to the golden calf have been made by Jewish and Christian religious commentators.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Focus on Charging Bull and explain the Vandalism.

As a prominent symbol of Wall Street and capitalism generally, Charging Bull has been the frequent target of vandalism, particularly as an act of civil disobedience. Shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers during the 2008 financial crisis, the bull's scrotum was painted blue. Leading up to a protest on May 12, 2011, the bull was tagged in at least two locations, once again including the scrotum, with the Anarchist "circle-A" iconography, prompting the New York City Police Department to temporarily install barricades around the sculpture. The barriers returned that fall during the Occupy Wall Street protests, and remained in place until March 25, 2014, despite a unanimous resolution from the local community board saying they constituted a hazard to pedestrians.On September 14, 2017, three months after U.S. president Donald Trump formally announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, an artist attempting to highlight U.S. popular support for the accord doused the head of the sculpture in a blue pigment.In 2019, Charging Bull was vandalized twice. On September 7, a man from Dallas struck the sculpture with a banjo, leaving a sizable dent in the horn. Professional Bull Riders donated money from its ticket sales to pay for fixes to the horn, and Di Modica personally came to the site the following month to repair his creation. Then, on October 7, activists from Extinction Rebellion hurled fake blood over the sculpture and staged a die-in on the surrounding traffic plaza. In June 2020, Charging Bull was covered in a tarp and monitored by police to protect it from vandalism attempts during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Explain the Vandalism of this artwork, Charging Bull.

As a prominent symbol of Wall Street and capitalism generally, Charging Bull has been the frequent target of vandalism, particularly as an act of civil disobedience. Shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers during the 2008 financial crisis, the bull's scrotum was painted blue. Leading up to a protest on May 12, 2011, the bull was tagged in at least two locations, once again including the scrotum, with the Anarchist "circle-A" iconography, prompting the New York City Police Department to temporarily install barricades around the sculpture. The barriers returned that fall during the Occupy Wall Street protests, and remained in place until March 25, 2014, despite a unanimous resolution from the local community board saying they constituted a hazard to pedestrians.On September 14, 2017, three months after U.S. president Donald Trump formally announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, an artist attempting to highlight U.S. popular support for the accord doused the head of the sculpture in a blue pigment.In 2019, Charging Bull was vandalized twice. On September 7, a man from Dallas struck the sculpture with a banjo, leaving a sizable dent in the horn. Professional Bull Riders donated money from its ticket sales to pay for fixes to the horn, and Di Modica personally came to the site the following month to repair his creation. Then, on October 7, activists from Extinction Rebellion hurled fake blood over the sculpture and staged a die-in on the surrounding traffic plaza. In June 2020, Charging Bull was covered in a tarp and monitored by police to protect it from vandalism attempts during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: How does Charging Bull explain its Vandalism?

As a prominent symbol of Wall Street and capitalism generally, Charging Bull has been the frequent target of vandalism, particularly as an act of civil disobedience. Shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers during the 2008 financial crisis, the bull's scrotum was painted blue. Leading up to a protest on May 12, 2011, the bull was tagged in at least two locations, once again including the scrotum, with the Anarchist "circle-A" iconography, prompting the New York City Police Department to temporarily install barricades around the sculpture. The barriers returned that fall during the Occupy Wall Street protests, and remained in place until March 25, 2014, despite a unanimous resolution from the local community board saying they constituted a hazard to pedestrians.On September 14, 2017, three months after U.S. president Donald Trump formally announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, an artist attempting to highlight U.S. popular support for the accord doused the head of the sculpture in a blue pigment.In 2019, Charging Bull was vandalized twice. On September 7, a man from Dallas struck the sculpture with a banjo, leaving a sizable dent in the horn. Professional Bull Riders donated money from its ticket sales to pay for fixes to the horn, and Di Modica personally came to the site the following month to repair his creation. Then, on October 7, activists from Extinction Rebellion hurled fake blood over the sculpture and staged a die-in on the surrounding traffic plaza. In June 2020, Charging Bull was covered in a tarp and monitored by police to protect it from vandalism attempts during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: In Charging Bull, how is the Vandalism discussed?

As a prominent symbol of Wall Street and capitalism generally, Charging Bull has been the frequent target of vandalism, particularly as an act of civil disobedience. Shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers during the 2008 financial crisis, the bull's scrotum was painted blue. Leading up to a protest on May 12, 2011, the bull was tagged in at least two locations, once again including the scrotum, with the Anarchist "circle-A" iconography, prompting the New York City Police Department to temporarily install barricades around the sculpture. The barriers returned that fall during the Occupy Wall Street protests, and remained in place until March 25, 2014, despite a unanimous resolution from the local community board saying they constituted a hazard to pedestrians.On September 14, 2017, three months after U.S. president Donald Trump formally announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, an artist attempting to highlight U.S. popular support for the accord doused the head of the sculpture in a blue pigment.In 2019, Charging Bull was vandalized twice. On September 7, a man from Dallas struck the sculpture with a banjo, leaving a sizable dent in the horn. Professional Bull Riders donated money from its ticket sales to pay for fixes to the horn, and Di Modica personally came to the site the following month to repair his creation. Then, on October 7, activists from Extinction Rebellion hurled fake blood over the sculpture and staged a die-in on the surrounding traffic plaza. In June 2020, Charging Bull was covered in a tarp and monitored by police to protect it from vandalism attempts during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Focus on Charging Bull and explain the In popular culture.

The history of the sculpture and its sculptor was presented in the 2014 Italian documentary film Il Toro di Wall Street, released internationally as The Charging Bull. In Mr. Robot, Darlene Alderson (Carly Chaikin) is shown castrating the statue.Charging Bull has featured in several films set in Manhattan, including The Big Short, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Hitch. The statue appears in the 2011 remake of Arthur in which Russell Brand and Luis Guzman respectively as Arthur and his butler crash into it with a Batmobile while dressed as Batman and Robin handing the bovine a giant severance package. In The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), the sculpture comes alive and chases Nicolas Cage's character down Broadway. The sculpture can be seen floating through space at the end of Don't Look Up (2021) after presumably being blown into orbit by the comet's impact.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

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Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

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Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: Explain the In popular culture of this artwork, Charging Bull.

The history of the sculpture and its sculptor was presented in the 2014 Italian documentary film Il Toro di Wall Street, released internationally as The Charging Bull. In Mr. Robot, Darlene Alderson (Carly Chaikin) is shown castrating the statue.Charging Bull has featured in several films set in Manhattan, including The Big Short, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Hitch. The statue appears in the 2011 remake of Arthur in which Russell Brand and Luis Guzman respectively as Arthur and his butler crash into it with a Batmobile while dressed as Batman and Robin handing the bovine a giant severance package. In The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), the sculpture comes alive and chases Nicolas Cage's character down Broadway. The sculpture can be seen floating through space at the end of Don't Look Up (2021) after presumably being blown into orbit by the comet's impact.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: How does Charging Bull explain its In popular culture?

The history of the sculpture and its sculptor was presented in the 2014 Italian documentary film Il Toro di Wall Street, released internationally as The Charging Bull. In Mr. Robot, Darlene Alderson (Carly Chaikin) is shown castrating the statue.Charging Bull has featured in several films set in Manhattan, including The Big Short, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Hitch. The statue appears in the 2011 remake of Arthur in which Russell Brand and Luis Guzman respectively as Arthur and his butler crash into it with a Batmobile while dressed as Batman and Robin handing the bovine a giant severance package. In The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), the sculpture comes alive and chases Nicolas Cage's character down Broadway. The sculpture can be seen floating through space at the end of Don't Look Up (2021) after presumably being blown into orbit by the comet's impact.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Charging Bull

Prompt: In Charging Bull, how is the In popular culture discussed?

The history of the sculpture and its sculptor was presented in the 2014 Italian documentary film Il Toro di Wall Street, released internationally as The Charging Bull. In Mr. Robot, Darlene Alderson (Carly Chaikin) is shown castrating the statue.Charging Bull has featured in several films set in Manhattan, including The Big Short, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Hitch. The statue appears in the 2011 remake of Arthur in which Russell Brand and Luis Guzman respectively as Arthur and his butler crash into it with a Batmobile while dressed as Batman and Robin handing the bovine a giant severance package. In The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), the sculpture comes alive and chases Nicolas Cage's character down Broadway. The sculpture can be seen floating through space at the end of Don't Look Up (2021) after presumably being blown into orbit by the comet's impact.

Category:Vandalized works of art in New York City

A poster showing a ballerina on the ''Charging Bull'' to promote the [[Occupy Wall Street

The ''Charging Bull''{{'}}s scrotum is noticeably lighter in color due to frequent rubbing.

Category:1989 establishments in New York City

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

''Charging Bull'' covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades in June 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests in New York City

File:DiModica working on Crosby St basement.png

Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer in Sicily, Italy, in 2017

New York City Department of Transportation

''Charging Bull'' is at the northern tip of Bowling Green.

File:Arturo Di Modica and his representative Jacob Harmer.png

Arturo Di Modica in 54 Crosby St studio where ''Charging Bull'' was conceived

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

alt=Charging Bull covered in a blue tarp and surrounded by barricades to protect it from vandalism. This photo was taken in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

File:Testicles of the Charging Bull statue in New York City.jpg


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Focus on Liberty Leading the People and explain the abstract.

Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl]) is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix,  commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X (r. 1824-1830). A bare-breasted “woman of the people” with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty, accompanied by a young boy brandishing a pistol in each hand, leads a group of various people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen while holding aloft the flag of the French Revolution — the tricolour, which again became France's national flag after these events — in one hand, and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. The figure of Liberty is also viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne. The painting is sometimes wrongly thought to depict the French Revolution of 1789.Liberty Leading the People is exhibited in the Louvre in Paris.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Liberty Leading the People.

Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl]) is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix,  commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X (r. 1824-1830). A bare-breasted “woman of the people” with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty, accompanied by a young boy brandishing a pistol in each hand, leads a group of various people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen while holding aloft the flag of the French Revolution — the tricolour, which again became France's national flag after these events — in one hand, and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. The figure of Liberty is also viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne. The painting is sometimes wrongly thought to depict the French Revolution of 1789.Liberty Leading the People is exhibited in the Louvre in Paris.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: How does Liberty Leading the People explain its abstract?

Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl]) is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix,  commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X (r. 1824-1830). A bare-breasted “woman of the people” with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty, accompanied by a young boy brandishing a pistol in each hand, leads a group of various people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen while holding aloft the flag of the French Revolution — the tricolour, which again became France's national flag after these events — in one hand, and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. The figure of Liberty is also viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne. The painting is sometimes wrongly thought to depict the French Revolution of 1789.Liberty Leading the People is exhibited in the Louvre in Paris.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: In Liberty Leading the People, how is the abstract discussed?

Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl]) is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix,  commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X (r. 1824-1830). A bare-breasted “woman of the people” with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty, accompanied by a young boy brandishing a pistol in each hand, leads a group of various people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen while holding aloft the flag of the French Revolution — the tricolour, which again became France's national flag after these events — in one hand, and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. The figure of Liberty is also viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne. The painting is sometimes wrongly thought to depict the French Revolution of 1789.Liberty Leading the People is exhibited in the Louvre in Paris.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Focus on Liberty Leading the People and explain the History.

By the time Delacroix painted Liberty Leading the People, he was already the acknowledged leader of the Romantic school in French painting. Delacroix, who was born as the Age of Enlightenment was giving way to the ideas and style of romanticism, rejected the emphasis on precise drawing that characterised the academic art of his time, and instead gave a new prominence to freely brushed colour.Delacroix painted his work in the autumn of 1830. In a letter to his brother dated 21 October, he wrote: "My bad mood is vanishing thanks to hard work. I've embarked on a modern subject—a barricade. And if I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her." The painting was first exhibited at the official Salon of 1831.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Explain the History of this artwork, Liberty Leading the People.

By the time Delacroix painted Liberty Leading the People, he was already the acknowledged leader of the Romantic school in French painting. Delacroix, who was born as the Age of Enlightenment was giving way to the ideas and style of romanticism, rejected the emphasis on precise drawing that characterised the academic art of his time, and instead gave a new prominence to freely brushed colour.Delacroix painted his work in the autumn of 1830. In a letter to his brother dated 21 October, he wrote: "My bad mood is vanishing thanks to hard work. I've embarked on a modern subject—a barricade. And if I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her." The painting was first exhibited at the official Salon of 1831.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: How does Liberty Leading the People explain its History?

By the time Delacroix painted Liberty Leading the People, he was already the acknowledged leader of the Romantic school in French painting. Delacroix, who was born as the Age of Enlightenment was giving way to the ideas and style of romanticism, rejected the emphasis on precise drawing that characterised the academic art of his time, and instead gave a new prominence to freely brushed colour.Delacroix painted his work in the autumn of 1830. In a letter to his brother dated 21 October, he wrote: "My bad mood is vanishing thanks to hard work. I've embarked on a modern subject—a barricade. And if I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her." The painting was first exhibited at the official Salon of 1831.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: In Liberty Leading the People, how is the History discussed?

By the time Delacroix painted Liberty Leading the People, he was already the acknowledged leader of the Romantic school in French painting. Delacroix, who was born as the Age of Enlightenment was giving way to the ideas and style of romanticism, rejected the emphasis on precise drawing that characterised the academic art of his time, and instead gave a new prominence to freely brushed colour.Delacroix painted his work in the autumn of 1830. In a letter to his brother dated 21 October, he wrote: "My bad mood is vanishing thanks to hard work. I've embarked on a modern subject—a barricade. And if I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her." The painting was first exhibited at the official Salon of 1831.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Focus on Liberty Leading the People and explain the Symbolism.

Delacroix depicted Liberty as both an allegorical goddess-figure and a robust woman of the people. The mound of corpses and wreckage acts as a kind of pedestal from which Liberty strides, barefoot and bare-breasted, out of the canvas and into the space of the viewer. The Phrygian cap she wears had come to symbolize liberty during the first French Revolution, of 1789. The painting has been seen as a marker to the end of the Age of Enlightenment, as many scholars see the end of the French Revolution as the start of the Romantic era.The fighters are from a mixture of social classes, ranging from the bourgeoisie represented by the young man in a top hat, a student from the prestigious École Polytechnique wearing the traditional bicorne, to the revolutionary urban worker, as exemplified by the boy holding pistols. What they have in common is the fierceness and determination in their eyes. Aside from the flag held by Liberty, a second, minute tricolore can be discerned in the distance flying from the towers of Notre-Dame.The identity of the man in the top hat has been widely debated. The suggestion that it was a self-portrait by Delacroix has been discounted by modern art historians. In the late 19th century, it was suggested the model was the theatre director Étienne Arago; others have suggested the future curator of the Louvre, Frédéric Villot; but there is no firm consensus on this point.Several of the figures are probably borrowed from a print by popular artist Nicolas Charlet, a prolific illustrator who Delacroix believed captured, more than anyone else, the peculiar energy of the Parisians.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Explain the Symbolism of this artwork, Liberty Leading the People.

Delacroix depicted Liberty as both an allegorical goddess-figure and a robust woman of the people. The mound of corpses and wreckage acts as a kind of pedestal from which Liberty strides, barefoot and bare-breasted, out of the canvas and into the space of the viewer. The Phrygian cap she wears had come to symbolize liberty during the first French Revolution, of 1789. The painting has been seen as a marker to the end of the Age of Enlightenment, as many scholars see the end of the French Revolution as the start of the Romantic era.The fighters are from a mixture of social classes, ranging from the bourgeoisie represented by the young man in a top hat, a student from the prestigious École Polytechnique wearing the traditional bicorne, to the revolutionary urban worker, as exemplified by the boy holding pistols. What they have in common is the fierceness and determination in their eyes. Aside from the flag held by Liberty, a second, minute tricolore can be discerned in the distance flying from the towers of Notre-Dame.The identity of the man in the top hat has been widely debated. The suggestion that it was a self-portrait by Delacroix has been discounted by modern art historians. In the late 19th century, it was suggested the model was the theatre director Étienne Arago; others have suggested the future curator of the Louvre, Frédéric Villot; but there is no firm consensus on this point.Several of the figures are probably borrowed from a print by popular artist Nicolas Charlet, a prolific illustrator who Delacroix believed captured, more than anyone else, the peculiar energy of the Parisians.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: How does Liberty Leading the People explain its Symbolism?

Delacroix depicted Liberty as both an allegorical goddess-figure and a robust woman of the people. The mound of corpses and wreckage acts as a kind of pedestal from which Liberty strides, barefoot and bare-breasted, out of the canvas and into the space of the viewer. The Phrygian cap she wears had come to symbolize liberty during the first French Revolution, of 1789. The painting has been seen as a marker to the end of the Age of Enlightenment, as many scholars see the end of the French Revolution as the start of the Romantic era.The fighters are from a mixture of social classes, ranging from the bourgeoisie represented by the young man in a top hat, a student from the prestigious École Polytechnique wearing the traditional bicorne, to the revolutionary urban worker, as exemplified by the boy holding pistols. What they have in common is the fierceness and determination in their eyes. Aside from the flag held by Liberty, a second, minute tricolore can be discerned in the distance flying from the towers of Notre-Dame.The identity of the man in the top hat has been widely debated. The suggestion that it was a self-portrait by Delacroix has been discounted by modern art historians. In the late 19th century, it was suggested the model was the theatre director Étienne Arago; others have suggested the future curator of the Louvre, Frédéric Villot; but there is no firm consensus on this point.Several of the figures are probably borrowed from a print by popular artist Nicolas Charlet, a prolific illustrator who Delacroix believed captured, more than anyone else, the peculiar energy of the Parisians.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: In Liberty Leading the People, how is the Symbolism discussed?

Delacroix depicted Liberty as both an allegorical goddess-figure and a robust woman of the people. The mound of corpses and wreckage acts as a kind of pedestal from which Liberty strides, barefoot and bare-breasted, out of the canvas and into the space of the viewer. The Phrygian cap she wears had come to symbolize liberty during the first French Revolution, of 1789. The painting has been seen as a marker to the end of the Age of Enlightenment, as many scholars see the end of the French Revolution as the start of the Romantic era.The fighters are from a mixture of social classes, ranging from the bourgeoisie represented by the young man in a top hat, a student from the prestigious École Polytechnique wearing the traditional bicorne, to the revolutionary urban worker, as exemplified by the boy holding pistols. What they have in common is the fierceness and determination in their eyes. Aside from the flag held by Liberty, a second, minute tricolore can be discerned in the distance flying from the towers of Notre-Dame.The identity of the man in the top hat has been widely debated. The suggestion that it was a self-portrait by Delacroix has been discounted by modern art historians. In the late 19th century, it was suggested the model was the theatre director Étienne Arago; others have suggested the future curator of the Louvre, Frédéric Villot; but there is no firm consensus on this point.Several of the figures are probably borrowed from a print by popular artist Nicolas Charlet, a prolific illustrator who Delacroix believed captured, more than anyone else, the peculiar energy of the Parisians.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Focus on Liberty Leading the People and explain the Purchase and exhibition.

The French government bought the painting in 1831 for 3,000 francs with the intention of displaying it in the throne room of the Palais du Luxembourg as a reminder to the "citizen-king" Louis-Philippe of the July Revolution, through which he had come to power. This plan did not come to fruition and the canvas hung in the palace's museum gallery for a few months, before being removed due to its inflammatory political message. After the June Rebellion of 1832, it was returned to the artist. According to Albert Boime,Champfleury wrote in August 1848 that it had been "hidden in an attic for being too revolutionary." Although Louis-Philippe's Ministry of the Interior initially acquired it as a gesture to the Left, after the uprising at the funeral of Lamarque in June 1832 it was never again openly displayed for fear of setting a bad example. Delacroix was permitted to send the painting to his aunt Félicité for safekeeping. After the Second Republic was established following the revolution of 1848 it was exhibited briefly in that year, and then during the Second Empire in the Salon of 1855. The recently established Third Republic finally acquired the painting in 1874 for the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.In 1974–75, the painting was the featured work in an exhibition organized by the French government, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Detroit Institute of Arts as a Bicentennial gift to the people of the United States. The exhibition, entitled French Painting 1774–1830: The Age of Revolution, marked a rare display of the Delacroix painting, and many of the other 148 works, outside France.  The exhibition was first shown at the Grand Palais from 16 November 1974 to 3 February 1975. It moved to Detroit from 5 March to 4 May 1975, then New York from 12 June to 7 September 1975.In 1999, it was flown on board an Airbus Beluga from Paris to Tokyo via Bahrain and Calcutta in about 20 hours. The large canvas, measuring 2.99 metres (9.8 feet) high by 3.62 metres (11.9 feet) long, was too large to fit into a Boeing 747. It was transported in the vertical position inside a special pressurised container provided with isothermal protection and an anti-vibration device.In 2012, it was moved to the new Louvre-Lens museum in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, as the starring work in the first tranche of paintings from the Louvre's collection to be installed. On 7 February 2013, the painting was vandalized by a visitor in Lens. An unidentified 28-year-old woman allegedly wrote an inscription ("AE911") on the painting. The woman was immediately arrested by a security guard and a visitor. A short time after the incident, the management of the Louvre and its Pas-de-Calais branch published a press release indicating that "at first glance, the inscription is superficial and should be easily removed". Louvre officials announced the next day that the writing had been removed in less than two hours by a restorer without damaging the original paint, and the piece returned to display that morning.In September 2023, officials removed the work from display for its latest conservation and restoration. To prepare, the museum first subjected the painting to X-ray, ultraviolet and infrared analysis. These examinations led to the discovery that many of the painting's brilliant colors were muted under several layers of yellowed varnish and dust. The size of the canvas forced conservators to perform all work on-site.  The restored painting returned to display in April 2024. During their work, restorers discovered several things hidden under eight layers of varnish and dirt.  In addition to the vivid white clouds and plumes of smoke, they found the central figure's dress was not entirely yellow but originally light grey with bits of gold.  They believed this change occurred during restoration work completed in 1949.  Also, they discovered a boot in the lower left corner which for many years had blended into the paving stones.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Explain the Purchase and exhibition of this artwork, Liberty Leading the People.

The French government bought the painting in 1831 for 3,000 francs with the intention of displaying it in the throne room of the Palais du Luxembourg as a reminder to the "citizen-king" Louis-Philippe of the July Revolution, through which he had come to power. This plan did not come to fruition and the canvas hung in the palace's museum gallery for a few months, before being removed due to its inflammatory political message. After the June Rebellion of 1832, it was returned to the artist. According to Albert Boime,Champfleury wrote in August 1848 that it had been "hidden in an attic for being too revolutionary." Although Louis-Philippe's Ministry of the Interior initially acquired it as a gesture to the Left, after the uprising at the funeral of Lamarque in June 1832 it was never again openly displayed for fear of setting a bad example. Delacroix was permitted to send the painting to his aunt Félicité for safekeeping. After the Second Republic was established following the revolution of 1848 it was exhibited briefly in that year, and then during the Second Empire in the Salon of 1855. The recently established Third Republic finally acquired the painting in 1874 for the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.In 1974–75, the painting was the featured work in an exhibition organized by the French government, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Detroit Institute of Arts as a Bicentennial gift to the people of the United States. The exhibition, entitled French Painting 1774–1830: The Age of Revolution, marked a rare display of the Delacroix painting, and many of the other 148 works, outside France.  The exhibition was first shown at the Grand Palais from 16 November 1974 to 3 February 1975. It moved to Detroit from 5 March to 4 May 1975, then New York from 12 June to 7 September 1975.In 1999, it was flown on board an Airbus Beluga from Paris to Tokyo via Bahrain and Calcutta in about 20 hours. The large canvas, measuring 2.99 metres (9.8 feet) high by 3.62 metres (11.9 feet) long, was too large to fit into a Boeing 747. It was transported in the vertical position inside a special pressurised container provided with isothermal protection and an anti-vibration device.In 2012, it was moved to the new Louvre-Lens museum in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, as the starring work in the first tranche of paintings from the Louvre's collection to be installed. On 7 February 2013, the painting was vandalized by a visitor in Lens. An unidentified 28-year-old woman allegedly wrote an inscription ("AE911") on the painting. The woman was immediately arrested by a security guard and a visitor. A short time after the incident, the management of the Louvre and its Pas-de-Calais branch published a press release indicating that "at first glance, the inscription is superficial and should be easily removed". Louvre officials announced the next day that the writing had been removed in less than two hours by a restorer without damaging the original paint, and the piece returned to display that morning.In September 2023, officials removed the work from display for its latest conservation and restoration. To prepare, the museum first subjected the painting to X-ray, ultraviolet and infrared analysis. These examinations led to the discovery that many of the painting's brilliant colors were muted under several layers of yellowed varnish and dust. The size of the canvas forced conservators to perform all work on-site.  The restored painting returned to display in April 2024. During their work, restorers discovered several things hidden under eight layers of varnish and dirt.  In addition to the vivid white clouds and plumes of smoke, they found the central figure's dress was not entirely yellow but originally light grey with bits of gold.  They believed this change occurred during restoration work completed in 1949.  Also, they discovered a boot in the lower left corner which for many years had blended into the paving stones.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: How does Liberty Leading the People explain its Purchase and exhibition?

The French government bought the painting in 1831 for 3,000 francs with the intention of displaying it in the throne room of the Palais du Luxembourg as a reminder to the "citizen-king" Louis-Philippe of the July Revolution, through which he had come to power. This plan did not come to fruition and the canvas hung in the palace's museum gallery for a few months, before being removed due to its inflammatory political message. After the June Rebellion of 1832, it was returned to the artist. According to Albert Boime,Champfleury wrote in August 1848 that it had been "hidden in an attic for being too revolutionary." Although Louis-Philippe's Ministry of the Interior initially acquired it as a gesture to the Left, after the uprising at the funeral of Lamarque in June 1832 it was never again openly displayed for fear of setting a bad example. Delacroix was permitted to send the painting to his aunt Félicité for safekeeping. After the Second Republic was established following the revolution of 1848 it was exhibited briefly in that year, and then during the Second Empire in the Salon of 1855. The recently established Third Republic finally acquired the painting in 1874 for the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.In 1974–75, the painting was the featured work in an exhibition organized by the French government, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Detroit Institute of Arts as a Bicentennial gift to the people of the United States. The exhibition, entitled French Painting 1774–1830: The Age of Revolution, marked a rare display of the Delacroix painting, and many of the other 148 works, outside France.  The exhibition was first shown at the Grand Palais from 16 November 1974 to 3 February 1975. It moved to Detroit from 5 March to 4 May 1975, then New York from 12 June to 7 September 1975.In 1999, it was flown on board an Airbus Beluga from Paris to Tokyo via Bahrain and Calcutta in about 20 hours. The large canvas, measuring 2.99 metres (9.8 feet) high by 3.62 metres (11.9 feet) long, was too large to fit into a Boeing 747. It was transported in the vertical position inside a special pressurised container provided with isothermal protection and an anti-vibration device.In 2012, it was moved to the new Louvre-Lens museum in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, as the starring work in the first tranche of paintings from the Louvre's collection to be installed. On 7 February 2013, the painting was vandalized by a visitor in Lens. An unidentified 28-year-old woman allegedly wrote an inscription ("AE911") on the painting. The woman was immediately arrested by a security guard and a visitor. A short time after the incident, the management of the Louvre and its Pas-de-Calais branch published a press release indicating that "at first glance, the inscription is superficial and should be easily removed". Louvre officials announced the next day that the writing had been removed in less than two hours by a restorer without damaging the original paint, and the piece returned to display that morning.In September 2023, officials removed the work from display for its latest conservation and restoration. To prepare, the museum first subjected the painting to X-ray, ultraviolet and infrared analysis. These examinations led to the discovery that many of the painting's brilliant colors were muted under several layers of yellowed varnish and dust. The size of the canvas forced conservators to perform all work on-site.  The restored painting returned to display in April 2024. During their work, restorers discovered several things hidden under eight layers of varnish and dirt.  In addition to the vivid white clouds and plumes of smoke, they found the central figure's dress was not entirely yellow but originally light grey with bits of gold.  They believed this change occurred during restoration work completed in 1949.  Also, they discovered a boot in the lower left corner which for many years had blended into the paving stones.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: In Liberty Leading the People, how is the Purchase and exhibition discussed?

The French government bought the painting in 1831 for 3,000 francs with the intention of displaying it in the throne room of the Palais du Luxembourg as a reminder to the "citizen-king" Louis-Philippe of the July Revolution, through which he had come to power. This plan did not come to fruition and the canvas hung in the palace's museum gallery for a few months, before being removed due to its inflammatory political message. After the June Rebellion of 1832, it was returned to the artist. According to Albert Boime,Champfleury wrote in August 1848 that it had been "hidden in an attic for being too revolutionary." Although Louis-Philippe's Ministry of the Interior initially acquired it as a gesture to the Left, after the uprising at the funeral of Lamarque in June 1832 it was never again openly displayed for fear of setting a bad example. Delacroix was permitted to send the painting to his aunt Félicité for safekeeping. After the Second Republic was established following the revolution of 1848 it was exhibited briefly in that year, and then during the Second Empire in the Salon of 1855. The recently established Third Republic finally acquired the painting in 1874 for the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.In 1974–75, the painting was the featured work in an exhibition organized by the French government, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Detroit Institute of Arts as a Bicentennial gift to the people of the United States. The exhibition, entitled French Painting 1774–1830: The Age of Revolution, marked a rare display of the Delacroix painting, and many of the other 148 works, outside France.  The exhibition was first shown at the Grand Palais from 16 November 1974 to 3 February 1975. It moved to Detroit from 5 March to 4 May 1975, then New York from 12 June to 7 September 1975.In 1999, it was flown on board an Airbus Beluga from Paris to Tokyo via Bahrain and Calcutta in about 20 hours. The large canvas, measuring 2.99 metres (9.8 feet) high by 3.62 metres (11.9 feet) long, was too large to fit into a Boeing 747. It was transported in the vertical position inside a special pressurised container provided with isothermal protection and an anti-vibration device.In 2012, it was moved to the new Louvre-Lens museum in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, as the starring work in the first tranche of paintings from the Louvre's collection to be installed. On 7 February 2013, the painting was vandalized by a visitor in Lens. An unidentified 28-year-old woman allegedly wrote an inscription ("AE911") on the painting. The woman was immediately arrested by a security guard and a visitor. A short time after the incident, the management of the Louvre and its Pas-de-Calais branch published a press release indicating that "at first glance, the inscription is superficial and should be easily removed". Louvre officials announced the next day that the writing had been removed in less than two hours by a restorer without damaging the original paint, and the piece returned to display that morning.In September 2023, officials removed the work from display for its latest conservation and restoration. To prepare, the museum first subjected the painting to X-ray, ultraviolet and infrared analysis. These examinations led to the discovery that many of the painting's brilliant colors were muted under several layers of yellowed varnish and dust. The size of the canvas forced conservators to perform all work on-site.  The restored painting returned to display in April 2024. During their work, restorers discovered several things hidden under eight layers of varnish and dirt.  In addition to the vivid white clouds and plumes of smoke, they found the central figure's dress was not entirely yellow but originally light grey with bits of gold.  They believed this change occurred during restoration work completed in 1949.  Also, they discovered a boot in the lower left corner which for many years had blended into the paving stones.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Focus on Liberty Leading the People and explain the Legacy.

Although Delacroix was not the first artist to depict Liberty in a Phrygian cap, his painting may be the best known early version of the figure commonly known as Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic and of France in general.The painting may have influenced Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. In particular, the character of Gavroche is widely believed to have been inspired by the figure of the pistols-wielding boy running over the barricade. The novel describes the events of the June Rebellion two years after the revolution celebrated in the painting, the same rebellion that led to its being removed from public view.The painting inspired Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World, known as the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was given to the United States as a gift from the French a half-century after Liberty Leading the People was painted. The statue, which holds a torch in its hand, takes a more stable, immovable stance than that of the woman in the painting. An engraved version of part of the painting, along with a depiction of Delacroix, was featured on the 100 franc note from 1978 to 1995.The painting has had an influence on classical music. George Antheil titled his Symphony No. 6 After Delacroix, and stated that the work was inspired by Liberty Leading the People.  The imagery was adapted by Robert Ballagh to commemorate Ireland's independence struggle on an Irish postage stamp in 1979, the centenary of the birth of Pádraig Pearse, and the painting was used for the band Coldplay's 2008 album cover Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, with the words Viva La Vida written in white.  Rigoberta Bandini references the painting in the chorus of her 2021 song Ay mamá. The cover of the 2010 book Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic by Fintan O'Toole references the painting, but with Kathleen Ni Houlihan holding the Irish tricolour in Dublin while the leaders of the three main political parties at the time (Brian Cowen, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore) lie on the ground.During the 20 October 2011 episode of the BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time, host Melvyn Bragg led a panel discussion of the painting.Liberty Leading the People made an appearance in the 11th episode ("EDGELORD – Revolution of the 14-Year-Olds") of the Netflix animation series Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045.The painting was featured in Vincenzo, a 2021 South Korean TV series starring Song Joong-ki in episode 7. The series is also available on Netflix.A photograph of Aed Abu Amro taken during the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests by Mustafa Hassona on 22 October 2018, was considered by some a personification of the Liberty Leading the People.Libery Leading the People makes a prominent appearance in the 2023 film John Wick Chapter 4, starring Keanu Reeves. Near the end of the second act, main antagonist,  Marquis Vincent de Garmont (Bill Skarsgård) is seen standing before Liberty Leading the People inside the Louvre Museum, which was famously closed to the public for the filming of the scenes.Actors recreated the painting during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics at the Conciergerie. During the recreation, they were accompanied by the French version of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from Les Misérables.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Explain the Legacy of this artwork, Liberty Leading the People.

Although Delacroix was not the first artist to depict Liberty in a Phrygian cap, his painting may be the best known early version of the figure commonly known as Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic and of France in general.The painting may have influenced Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. In particular, the character of Gavroche is widely believed to have been inspired by the figure of the pistols-wielding boy running over the barricade. The novel describes the events of the June Rebellion two years after the revolution celebrated in the painting, the same rebellion that led to its being removed from public view.The painting inspired Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World, known as the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was given to the United States as a gift from the French a half-century after Liberty Leading the People was painted. The statue, which holds a torch in its hand, takes a more stable, immovable stance than that of the woman in the painting. An engraved version of part of the painting, along with a depiction of Delacroix, was featured on the 100 franc note from 1978 to 1995.The painting has had an influence on classical music. George Antheil titled his Symphony No. 6 After Delacroix, and stated that the work was inspired by Liberty Leading the People.  The imagery was adapted by Robert Ballagh to commemorate Ireland's independence struggle on an Irish postage stamp in 1979, the centenary of the birth of Pádraig Pearse, and the painting was used for the band Coldplay's 2008 album cover Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, with the words Viva La Vida written in white.  Rigoberta Bandini references the painting in the chorus of her 2021 song Ay mamá. The cover of the 2010 book Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic by Fintan O'Toole references the painting, but with Kathleen Ni Houlihan holding the Irish tricolour in Dublin while the leaders of the three main political parties at the time (Brian Cowen, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore) lie on the ground.During the 20 October 2011 episode of the BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time, host Melvyn Bragg led a panel discussion of the painting.Liberty Leading the People made an appearance in the 11th episode ("EDGELORD – Revolution of the 14-Year-Olds") of the Netflix animation series Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045.The painting was featured in Vincenzo, a 2021 South Korean TV series starring Song Joong-ki in episode 7. The series is also available on Netflix.A photograph of Aed Abu Amro taken during the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests by Mustafa Hassona on 22 October 2018, was considered by some a personification of the Liberty Leading the People.Libery Leading the People makes a prominent appearance in the 2023 film John Wick Chapter 4, starring Keanu Reeves. Near the end of the second act, main antagonist,  Marquis Vincent de Garmont (Bill Skarsgård) is seen standing before Liberty Leading the People inside the Louvre Museum, which was famously closed to the public for the filming of the scenes.Actors recreated the painting during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics at the Conciergerie. During the recreation, they were accompanied by the French version of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from Les Misérables.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: How does Liberty Leading the People explain its Legacy?

Although Delacroix was not the first artist to depict Liberty in a Phrygian cap, his painting may be the best known early version of the figure commonly known as Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic and of France in general.The painting may have influenced Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. In particular, the character of Gavroche is widely believed to have been inspired by the figure of the pistols-wielding boy running over the barricade. The novel describes the events of the June Rebellion two years after the revolution celebrated in the painting, the same rebellion that led to its being removed from public view.The painting inspired Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World, known as the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was given to the United States as a gift from the French a half-century after Liberty Leading the People was painted. The statue, which holds a torch in its hand, takes a more stable, immovable stance than that of the woman in the painting. An engraved version of part of the painting, along with a depiction of Delacroix, was featured on the 100 franc note from 1978 to 1995.The painting has had an influence on classical music. George Antheil titled his Symphony No. 6 After Delacroix, and stated that the work was inspired by Liberty Leading the People.  The imagery was adapted by Robert Ballagh to commemorate Ireland's independence struggle on an Irish postage stamp in 1979, the centenary of the birth of Pádraig Pearse, and the painting was used for the band Coldplay's 2008 album cover Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, with the words Viva La Vida written in white.  Rigoberta Bandini references the painting in the chorus of her 2021 song Ay mamá. The cover of the 2010 book Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic by Fintan O'Toole references the painting, but with Kathleen Ni Houlihan holding the Irish tricolour in Dublin while the leaders of the three main political parties at the time (Brian Cowen, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore) lie on the ground.During the 20 October 2011 episode of the BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time, host Melvyn Bragg led a panel discussion of the painting.Liberty Leading the People made an appearance in the 11th episode ("EDGELORD – Revolution of the 14-Year-Olds") of the Netflix animation series Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045.The painting was featured in Vincenzo, a 2021 South Korean TV series starring Song Joong-ki in episode 7. The series is also available on Netflix.A photograph of Aed Abu Amro taken during the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests by Mustafa Hassona on 22 October 2018, was considered by some a personification of the Liberty Leading the People.Libery Leading the People makes a prominent appearance in the 2023 film John Wick Chapter 4, starring Keanu Reeves. Near the end of the second act, main antagonist,  Marquis Vincent de Garmont (Bill Skarsgård) is seen standing before Liberty Leading the People inside the Louvre Museum, which was famously closed to the public for the filming of the scenes.Actors recreated the painting during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics at the Conciergerie. During the recreation, they were accompanied by the French version of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from Les Misérables.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: In Liberty Leading the People, how is the Legacy discussed?

Although Delacroix was not the first artist to depict Liberty in a Phrygian cap, his painting may be the best known early version of the figure commonly known as Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic and of France in general.The painting may have influenced Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. In particular, the character of Gavroche is widely believed to have been inspired by the figure of the pistols-wielding boy running over the barricade. The novel describes the events of the June Rebellion two years after the revolution celebrated in the painting, the same rebellion that led to its being removed from public view.The painting inspired Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World, known as the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was given to the United States as a gift from the French a half-century after Liberty Leading the People was painted. The statue, which holds a torch in its hand, takes a more stable, immovable stance than that of the woman in the painting. An engraved version of part of the painting, along with a depiction of Delacroix, was featured on the 100 franc note from 1978 to 1995.The painting has had an influence on classical music. George Antheil titled his Symphony No. 6 After Delacroix, and stated that the work was inspired by Liberty Leading the People.  The imagery was adapted by Robert Ballagh to commemorate Ireland's independence struggle on an Irish postage stamp in 1979, the centenary of the birth of Pádraig Pearse, and the painting was used for the band Coldplay's 2008 album cover Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, with the words Viva La Vida written in white.  Rigoberta Bandini references the painting in the chorus of her 2021 song Ay mamá. The cover of the 2010 book Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic by Fintan O'Toole references the painting, but with Kathleen Ni Houlihan holding the Irish tricolour in Dublin while the leaders of the three main political parties at the time (Brian Cowen, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore) lie on the ground.During the 20 October 2011 episode of the BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time, host Melvyn Bragg led a panel discussion of the painting.Liberty Leading the People made an appearance in the 11th episode ("EDGELORD – Revolution of the 14-Year-Olds") of the Netflix animation series Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045.The painting was featured in Vincenzo, a 2021 South Korean TV series starring Song Joong-ki in episode 7. The series is also available on Netflix.A photograph of Aed Abu Amro taken during the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests by Mustafa Hassona on 22 October 2018, was considered by some a personification of the Liberty Leading the People.Libery Leading the People makes a prominent appearance in the 2023 film John Wick Chapter 4, starring Keanu Reeves. Near the end of the second act, main antagonist,  Marquis Vincent de Garmont (Bill Skarsgård) is seen standing before Liberty Leading the People inside the Louvre Museum, which was famously closed to the public for the filming of the scenes.Actors recreated the painting during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics at the Conciergerie. During the recreation, they were accompanied by the French version of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from Les Misérables.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Focus on Liberty Leading the People and explain the Criticism.

Liberty Leading the People is considered a republican and anti-monarchist symbol, and as such was sometimes criticized by royalists and monarchists.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: Explain the Criticism of this artwork, Liberty Leading the People.

Liberty Leading the People is considered a republican and anti-monarchist symbol, and as such was sometimes criticized by royalists and monarchists.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: How does Liberty Leading the People explain its Criticism?

Liberty Leading the People is considered a republican and anti-monarchist symbol, and as such was sometimes criticized by royalists and monarchists.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists


Liberty Leading the People

Prompt: In Liberty Leading the People, how is the Criticism discussed?

Liberty Leading the People is considered a republican and anti-monarchist symbol, and as such was sometimes criticized by royalists and monarchists.

File:The separation barrier which runs through Bethlehem.jpg

''Freedom for France, freedoms for the French'' (1940), a poster depicting [[Marianne

Category:Allegorical paintings by French artists

personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

File:INF3-304 Unity of Strength La liberté pour la France, les libertés pour les Français.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by French artists