Revolutions are necessary to bring change among people and free the people from government oppression. In Kevin’s blog, the artworks by Picasso, Delacroix, Archibald Willard, and other photos all represent the violent revolution that each country had to go through to eventually bring the people to freedom and peace. The first artwork, “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso represents Hitler’s dominant control of the minority through bombing small villages in the Spanish Civil War. Many people in the bombing died, and through this artwork, it is criticizing utter destruction of a war. The next artwork is “Liberty leading the People” by Delacroix. As mentioned above, the French people had risen up against the French government to fight for freedom and through this picture, Delacroix depicts the victory of the people. “The Spirit of ’76” was painted by Archibald Willard who tried to represent American complete independence from the British. The three people in the front are cheering happily while the dead British soldiers on the foreground represent American’s freedom after the American Revolution. The next piece is a Russian propaganda poster during the Russian October Revolution (1918-1922) Similar to Mao’s propaganda poster in Albert’s blog, this was used to brainwash people into believing that the government always helps the people while limiting independent thoughts on the government. The final work is a photo, “ Tank Man” by Jeff Widener who tried to represent the Chinese government’s use of extreme methods to extinguish people’s free speech. Through the use of military and tanks, the government forced soldiers to kill the revolutionaries and extinguish the revolution for change/liberty.
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