Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi

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Romantic painting painting

Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi is a Romantic-era painting by Eugène Delacroix that allegorically commemorates the heroic but tragic siege of Missolonghi during the Greek War of Independence.

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Label	Occurrences
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi canonical	1
La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romantic painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artisticStyle	dramatic composition ⓘ emotional intensity ⓘ expressive color ⓘ strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
commemorates	fall of Missolonghi in 1826 ⓘ heroic defense of Missolonghi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
depicts	aftermath of a siege ⓘ allegorical female figure of Greece ⓘ Missolonghi ⓘ surface form: ruins of Missolonghi
depictsEvent	siege of Missolonghi ⓘ surface form: Third Siege of Missolonghi
depictsSymbol	Ottoman threat in the background ⓘ broken chains ⓘ fallen bodies ⓘ personification of Greece ⓘ ruined city walls ⓘ
depictsTime	early 19th century ⓘ
function	commemorative memorial image ⓘ political statement in favor of Greek independence ⓘ
genre	history painting ⓘ
hasTheme	Greek struggle for independence ⓘ allegory of a nation ⓘ national liberation ⓘ patriotism ⓘ sacrifice and martyrdom ⓘ tragedy of war ⓘ
historicalContext	European philhellenic movement ⓘ Greek War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Greek War of Independence (1821–1829)
inspiredBy	Greek War of Independence ⓘ siege of Missolonghi ⓘ surface form: Siege of Missolonghi
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor	Romantic expression of sympathy for Greece ⓘ allegorical representation of a contemporary political event ⓘ use of female personification to embody a nation ⓘ
originalTitle	Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi
portrays	Greece as a mourning yet defiant woman ⓘ Missolonghi ⓘ surface form: Missolonghi as a devastated battlefield
relatedWork	Liberty Leading the People ⓘ Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ surface form: The Massacre at Chios
subjectOf	art historical analyses of Romantic nationalism ⓘ studies of philhellenism in art ⓘ

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Eugène Delacroix → notableWork → Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi ⓘ

Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi → originalTitle → Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi