Théodore Géricault

The Raft of the 'Medusa' by Theodore Gericault is considered by many to be one of the greatest paintings of Romantic Art. Here I will discuss Romantic Art, some history behind the painting, the painting in general, and to prove why the first statement is true. If we are going to call this painting Romantic Art one must first know what it actually is or have some sort of idea what is counted as Romanticism or as something that Romantics would do. Romanticism celebrates the spontaneity and the use

“Feeling is all!” exclaimed Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a german writer in the 19th century. If there was ever a question of how to best describe “The Raft of the Medusa,” by Theodore Gericault, Goethe’s short proclamation would be it. Considered the beginning of the Romanticism movement in art, this colossal painting has something for everybody, both scrupulous art critics and casual observers. It has, without any question or doubt, earned its revered status among the community of art. At a

use of centring the human figure as the dominant feature embodied the tortuous and ghastly occurrences of war, depicting terror within their works. Theodore Gericault and Francisco Goya both made sense of their world by expressing what they critically believed needed to be shown, the horrific act of inhumanity. The determined, passionate artist Gericault depicted the horrific act of abandonment of man at sea, the Medusa which occurred in 1819. Departing from the Senegal, one hundred and forty-seven

What’s so great about this artwork? How can a photo give a sense of emotion? This is all questions the painting; the raft of medusa answers. Theodore Gericault uses smart angels and pigmentation of different bland of colors to give different sense of emotion from just one painting. The question as a novelist Julian Barnes asked, “how do you turn catastrophe into art?” to understand this artwork, we must look back to the origin of the painting. The raft of the medusa was one of the most important

The Raft of the Medusa, is considered a classic of the Romantic Movement painted by Theodore Gericault when he was just 27 years old.The painting done by this spectacular man represents a tragedy of destruction of a story which isn’t actually a myth but a true story. “The Medusa (or Méduse) was a French naval frigate that boasted 40 guns and fought in the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century. Remarkably, the ship survived these maritime battles only to crash on a sandbank in 1816 during an

While searching through all the photos in the Romanticism reading, i decided to chose one particular piece of artwork to write about. I chose to write about The Raft of Medusa, by Theodore Gericault. This piece of art work is so eye catching and really shows many characteristics of the Romantic period. Just from the first glimpse of this piece of artwork, one can be filled with unbridled, deep-felt emotion. This piece of artwork has some very emotional extremes. The bodies of the people that are

pictures. As time progressed those images became more and more demanding of the viewer until they were meant to invoke a physical response. Perhaps the earliest account of such emotionally exact artwork is the 1818 piece, Raft of the Medusa, by Theodore Gericault. As time progressed people became more politically aware and involved and generations of art portrayed this. Pablo Picasso's Guernica, created in 1937, is a great example of how modern times soon saw a peak in the occurrence of allegorical and

effective because of its intentions to hone in on playing to human emotions, therefore, getting maximum returns on the utilization of these emotions. Two paintings, Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix and The Charging Chasseur by Théodore Géricault were painted to evoke human emotions with intentions to push the political propaganda agenda. Liberty Leading the People, painted by Eugène Delacroix in 1830, is an allegorical painting celebration the happenings of the French Revolution

starting point of the Romantic era, as it uses the most defining features of Romantic period artwork. The Romantic era utilized emotion and nature in a lot of their paintings as it single defining feature, and in this painting this is very much so. Theodore Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa exhibits illicit emotion as the survivors on this raft are exhibiting raw emotion as they lay waste to nature's wrath of the crashing waves. The survivors scream with hope as they attempt to signal for help to escape

Characterized by the dark color scheme and desolate characters, Théodore Géricault’s Romanticism piece, The Raft of the Medusa (1819) depicts the dreadful story behind the shipwrecked French frigate of 1816. Géricault’s painting evokes strong emotions for viewers that raise questions about the tragic events that occurred near the coast of Africa. What should have been a promising quest to promote the Treaty of Paris, turned into a struggle for survival of the fittest. In many ways, the battle