The
meaning of this painting is so important. The theme behind it is one that everyone,
especially people in this society need to know. It is a picture of everyday
people going to a funeral. But the importat thing is it is for a guy we can’t
even see, a guy that no one know. One that isn’t an important king or hero. But
this faceless human being buried is more than just a nobody. It is everyone. It
shows that every human being is a hero. That no matter who they are, they
matter. This mythology and scripture they talk about had nothing to do with
them. The critics and public hated it. Artists thought it was the best thing
they’ve ever seen. And so do I.
The government
was very hostile about the grand opera prouctions. They didn’t want any of the
people to outsine it so they limited independent productions so that they could
have no more than speaking characters. But Jacques Offenbach was one theatre
composer who still thrived during these insane limitations. When he was
rejected from the in Paris he decided to become his own producer. He came out
with operettas, something lighter than opera and more musical. He had some
famous works like Les Deux
Aveugeles(The
Two Blind Men), Ba-ta-clan,
Le Violoneux, and Madame Papillon
that become very popular in Europe until the 3 character law was finally
lifted.
I think this rise in Music has
something to do with what was happening in Art too. They both show how people
are rising up and becoming their own. Ike in, A Burial at Ornans, showing everyone
is a hero, the operas show how anyone can accomplish what they set their hearts
on. It shows such a sense of becoming more and more independent.
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