Théodore Géricault « La beauté du désastre »

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.

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Movie
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1
Episode Duration
30 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
30 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 2002
Season
2002
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0
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0
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0
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Producers
Palette Productions
Country
FR

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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.

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