In his painting, Delacroix expresses honor and patriotism . “The Third of May 1808” was made to commemorate spanish resistance against Napoleon’s armies in the Peninsular War. The Peninsular war was between the Napoleon army and the allied armies such as the British, and Spanish empire. The Peninsular war started 1808 and ended in 1814. The allied armies we able push Napoleon's armies out spain and the rest of Europe. In this paper I will compare and contrast how these Goya and Delacroix used color, light and brushstrokes to depict war.
The Executions of the Third of May is a painting was created by Francisco Goya. The painting shows the execution of mass number of spanish countrymen by French soldiers. Throughout the painting you can see that there are three different groups showing three different emotional expressions. At the right of the picture, there are soldiers aiming their guns, their backs are turned but their bodies show that they are focused and combative. In the middle if