Tag: French Artists of 19th Century

• Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. —Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  

  “In March 1822, as the Greek revolt gathered strength on the mainland, several hundred armed Greeks from the neighbouring island of Samos landed in Chios. They attacked the Turks, who retreated to the citadel. Many islanders also decided to join the revolution.[2] However, the vast majority of the population had by all accounts done nothing…

  Adrienne Morris

  May 2, 2018

  19th Century Art, Quotes

  19th Century Art, Converting to Islam, Eugene Delacroix, European Slavery, French Artists of 19th Century, Massacre at Chios, Ottoman Empire, Political Art