Unit 4 FRQ: Long Essay Comparison

This assignment explores how artists have responded to political events through their work. You will compare Eugène Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" with another artwork created in response to political events.

Select another artwork that was created in response to specific political events. You may choose from the list provided or any other relevant work from Later Europe and Americas (1750–1980 C.E.).

Select and completely identify another painting, drawing, or print that was created as a response to an artist's experience of specific political events. Describe the specific political events depicted in both Liberty Leading the People and your selected work.

Using specific visual evidence from both works, explain at least one similarity and at least one difference in how these artists depicted the specific political events.

Explain at least one difference in the reasons why the artists created the works in response to their experiences of specific political events. Use specific contextual evidence from both Liberty Leading the People and your selected work in your explanation.