The video and song are deeply rooted in historical and artistic references:
: The background uses multi-colored textures interspersed with imagery of speeding clouds and the same artwork featured on the album's cover. Coldplay Viva La Vida Official Video
The video features the band performing against a of Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting, Liberty Leading the People . The video and song are deeply rooted in
: The title "Viva la Vida" ("Long Live Life") was inspired by a painting of the same name by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, created shortly before her death. created shortly before her death.
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