![]() ![]() A short indicative bibliography is included, stressing the significance of Maurice Agulhon's work on the subject. ![]() Earlier representations are also included. Students may want to discuss whether and how different re-workings of ‘Marianne’ have altered its meaning. The comparison may also include the flyer produced by Solidaires (a cartel of unions on the left of the left) for the 26 January 2009 demonstration against the reforms initiated by President Sarkozy. ![]() Undergraduate students may want to compare Delacroix’ painting with the poster produced by the French Communist Party in September 2009 for its annual conference/ celebration (La Fête de l’Humanité). At the start of the XXI century, its remains an ubiquitous icone, but its meaning may have changed. Since then, the central character of the painting has been used, reused and transformed a countless number of time. This resource provides links to two websites which contextualise and critically analyse the ambiguous and contested message of Delacroix’ s painting. Eugène Delacroix’ painting ‘Le 28 juillet 1830: la liberté guidant le peuple’ (1831) was not welcomed by the critics in 1831, but has become since an icone of French republican identity. ![]()
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