Radeau de la medusa theodore gericault biography
Radeau de la medusa theodore gericault biography
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The Raft of the Medusa
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The Raft of the Medusa (1818-19, Le Radeau de la Méduse) is a painting by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and one of the icons of French Romanticism.
An extremely large painting (491 × 717 cm), it was highly controversial at its first appearance in the Salon of 1819, attracting passionate critical acclaim and condemnation. The painting depicts the desperate survivors of the FrenchshipMedusa, which gained notoriety when it struck the coast of Senegal in 1816, and their first moment of apparent rescue.
Much of the controverse was sparkled because of the survivors of the sinking of ship had resorted to cannibalism after four days adrift on a raft.
The painting was a political statement – the incompetent captain was an inexperienced but politically sound anti-Bonapartist – and an artistic achievemen