Romanticism

"Scenes from the Massacre at Chios" By Eugene Delacroix, is an uninspiring interpretation of a great and brutal massacre. The image of tragic death and murder is not inspiring to begin with, but usually at least in some way the the image would give a sense of hope. During this time (1822-1824) an image of such matter with no underling message of hope or celibration was never done. Now in the 21st century we see images of death and war, but we see such matters in small doses (one or two images on the news) or years later in a book of the topic. The manipulation and censorship of the media in times of war,crisis or political unrest is extraordinary, there is so little of the conflicts ( here and abroad) being shown to the public. Now the masses are in the dark when it comes to the full facts of most situation that affect them day to day.