Théodore Géricault « La beauté du désastre »

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Overview

By painting his monumental work The Raft of the Medusa, completed in 1819, Théodore Géricault elevated a news event to the level of modern history painting. A denunciation of cowardice, an admission of human brutality, a fascination with disaster—this ambiguous and unclassifiable work that obsessed the painter echoes one of the greatest scandals of the Restoration and, at the time, creates a new aesthetic.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 2002
Original language: French
Spoken languages: French
Countries: France
Production: Palette Productions
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded