WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Massacre at Chios (French: Scène des massacres de Scio) is the second major oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. The work is more than four meters tall, and shows some of the horror of the wartime destruction visited on the Island of Chios in the Chios massacre.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eugène Delacroix, Scene of the Massacre at Chios; Greek Families Awaiting Death or Slavery, 1824 Salon, oil on canvas, 164” × 139” (419 cm × 354 cm) (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Speakers: Dr.

Detailed explanation-3: -It’s a scene from ‘the Greek War of Independence, which was a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. During the second year of the war, the Ottoman Turks attacked the island of Chíos. Through this painting, Delacroix highlights the pain and suffering of the revolutionaries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chios massacre (in Greek: , Greek pronunciation: [i sfaˈʝi tis ˈçi. u]) was a catastrophe that resulted in the death, enslavement, and flight of about four-fifths of the total population of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops, during the Greek War of Independence in 1822.