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Le Radeau de La Méduse
Le Radeau de La Méduse was created by Théodore Géricault in 1818. People are pleading and looking for help, others are morning the dead and struggling bodies. This painting has so many different and overwhelming emotions. -
The Hay Wain
The Hay Wain is painted by John Constable in 1821. He romanticizes his landscape. Big and little details from trees and the sky, to the small window in the house and the little dog it all ties it together and makes up his landscape. -
Mazeppa and the Wolves
Mazeppa and the Wolves was created by Horace Vernet in 1826. This painting depicts the Myth of Mazeppa. It is told Mazeppa was having an affair with a married woman, her husband tied Mazeppa to a horse, naked, and sent the horse away and on that journey Mazeppa was killed by wolves. -
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix created this painting in 1830. He paints Lady Liberty leading the American people to freedom while holding a French Flag due to this painting occurring during the French Revolution. -
The Voyage of Life: Childhood
The Voyage of Life: Childhood was painted by Thomas Cole in 1840 to be part of a 4 painting series in 1842. This painting is part of a series to show each stage of a mans life. Childhood begins by setting the stage. An angel in a boat can be seen while in a setting of a beautiful sky and a mountain in the background.