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23 de abr. de 2024 · The Raft of the Medusa, painting (1819) by French Romantic painter Theodore Gericault depicting the survivors of a shipwreck adrift and starving on a raft. Gericault astonished viewers by painting, in harrowing detail, not an antique and noble subject but a recent gruesome event.
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The Raft of the Medusa (French: Le Radeau de la Méduse [lə ʁado d(ə) la medyz]) – originally titled Scène de Naufrage (Shipwreck Scene) – is an oil painting of 1818–19 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French ...
13 de ene. de 2022 · What Was the Raft of Medusa Painting About? The Raft of Medusa painting represents a situation that transpired when the French naval vessel Medusa was destroyed when it went aground off the coastline of Mauritania on July 2, 1816.
- Alicia du Plessis
- Louvre Museum, Paris
- ( Author And Art History Expert )
- 490 cm x 716 cm
27 de jun. de 2022 · Théodore Géricault completed The Raft of the Medusa when he was 27, and the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It is a direct precursor of Delacroix’s Massacre at Chios and Liberty Leading the People. Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818-1819, Louvre, Paris, France.
Theodore Gericault. Painted when Géricault was just 27 years old, The Raft of the Medusa is considered an instant classic of the Romantic Movement. In its brutality, realism, and raw emotion it captures the essence of a historic event that shocked the French public, a Revolution-weary public that was not easy to shock.
by Dr. Claire Black McCoy. Théodore Géricault, Raft of the Medusa, 1818–19, oil on canvas, 4.91 x 7.16 m (Musée du Louvre, Paris, photo: Steven Zucker CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) A radical work of art. In 1819, a young man bolted through the streets of Paris. Years later, he said he must have looked crazy as he ran all the way home.
12 de dic. de 2023 · The Raft of the Medusa (French: Le Radeau de la Méduse [lə ʁado d(ə) la medyz]) is an oil painting of 1818–1819 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism.
