Do you know where Riyoko Ikeda ripped the idea for that picture from?
It is the very La liberté guidant le peuple(The liberty leading the people) by Eugene Delacroix.
(Oh I was looking thru my art books, and found Delacroix posing nude in Gericault's study for "The Raft of Medusa". You really can't tell on the final oil painting version, though.)
Back in the day, the intellects of the time are gathered frequently at each other's places and other venues, exchanging ideas and also indulging in debauchery as well.
Those orgies(not necessarily limited to sexual activity, but used as synonyms to the private party) were documented in many correspondences, journals, literatures and memoirs. They discussed politics, arts, literatures, reading of their own latest creations, debated the merits of feminism and atheism.
Oh the drama they suffered thru all 19th century was no comparison to what we are going thru in this pixel world. *smirks
Anyways, I always love that century.
So much bloodshed and emerging of idealism to the practice, inspired so many of them to experiment in all facets of humanity. It was not limited to artistic expressions but all social activity, including politics and religion.
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