The Raft of the Medusa In 1819‚ the French painter‚ Theodore Gerricault‚ created a sensation in Parisian art circles and high-society when he unveiled a huge and impressive canvas entitled "Scene of Shipwreck." Not only is the painting gigantic (16 ft high and almost 24 ft wide)‚ but is also quietly horrifying. A group men on crowded fat are making an attempt to get a faraway ship to notice them. Survival looks almost impossible‚ and but the desperate situation does not even begin to suggest
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romanticism and political inspire painting. A large painting or life-size painting that describe a situation from consequence in ruined of the shore in the coast of today’s Mairitania on 1816. This painting interpret the situation of the people that build a raft and died. The survivors resist and experience hunger and thirsty ‚ bit by bit deliver their life from their death. They fight for each other even they are companions and comrades ‚ the weakest will die . The structure of the painting build up into
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The Raft of the Medusa was the beginning of a new era for art called “Romanticism”. Today it is in a museum in Musee Du Lourve‚ Paris. To better understand this analysis I’m going to start from the beginning and give you the backstory. On July 2‚1816 The Medusa was being sailed by an incompetent captain whom had been appointed by the King of France. This captain also had a reputation for being quite ignorant according to many historians. His ignorance and lack of experience eventually led to the
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painting portrays the awful conditions on a raft occupied by shipwrecked passengers of the ship Medusa. This painting is dark and gloomy mostly by the colors that have been chosen to portray the scene appropriately. Gericault was known for making political statements in regards to the French government. Gericault used this painting to show the problems of social stratification and the discrimination during this time. According to history the crew of the Medusa along with some of the passengers were considered
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Raft of the Medusa Theodore Gericault‚Raft of the Medusa‚ 1818-1819 [oil on canvas]491X716cm The Raft of the Medusa was created by Theodore Gericault in the years 1818 and 1819 during the French Romantic period. This oil painting‚ which stands at a massive 491x716cm‚ was created to capture the tragedy of the Medusa.This essay discusses what the Raft of the Medusa was‚ the reasons behind why Theodore Gericault made this painting and the political impacts it had at the time it was made. The ‘Medusa’
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Formal Analysis Theodore Géricault’s breathtaking composition‚ The Raft of the Medusa‚ is extraordinary: exhibiting an intensity that sets it apart from all other works to date. Upon viewing this piece‚ it becomes immediately apparent that there is a tense struggle being depicted by Géricault. When one lays their eyes on this piece‚ they are guided along a fading beam of light shining upon the raft‚ from the bottom left of the painting to the top right. This guide‚ of sorts‚ occurs naturally
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The Raft of the Medusa was an oil painting with Gericault’s interpretation of what happened when a French naval ship Medusa was wrecked and survivors were forced onto a raft. The painting shows the dead bodies that were used as food for the surviving group. It also seems like this is the point when they are calling out to another ship to
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Raft of the Medusa vs. Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe In “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault there was use of the Baroque treatment of light in this painting. There is a physically powerful contrast between the spread-out group of survivors to the movement of the raft itself. There is a sharp contrast of light and dark colors of dynamic poses. There is a black man at the top of the survivors that is waving a rag or piece of cloth in desperation for rescue. The raft is full of saddened
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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 politically packed artworks. Gericault’s The Raft of the Medusa and Picasso’s Guernica are both horrifying accounts of the nature of men that aimed to alter a viewer’s political perception The Raft of Medusa‚ also
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Medusa‚ originally a beautiful young woman whose crowning glory was her magnificent long hair‚ was desired and courted by many suitors. Medusa was a priestess for the temple of Athena. Because she was a priestess for the virgin god Athena she had to stay a virgin as well and couldn’t take a husband. Yet before she could be betrothed to a husband‚ Poseidon found her worshipping in the temple of Athena and ravished and raped her. Athena was outraged at her sacred temple being violated but was not mad
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