Théodore Gericault's The Raft Of The Medusa

The transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism arose from a desire for freedom of thought. Romantics truly believed that the pathway to freedom was through imagination rather than logic and functioned based on emotion rather than on cognition. The Romantic Movement recognized passion and sentiment as genuine sources of aesthetic experience, and placed a new emphasis on sensations such as apprehension, awe, horror and the sublimity of untamed nature. Théodore Géricault, who is most famously known for The Raft of the Medusa, was a prominent French painter and one of the most influential pioneers of the Romantic Movement. In The Raft of the Medusa, Géricault, unlike most artists during this stylistic time period, rejected the Neoclassical

Create your own art critique for The Raft of the Medusa. The Raft of Medusa was created 1818-1819 by Theodore Gericault. The painting shows a group of men on a raft in the middle of the ocean, some dead mean, some men waving clothes to signal a ship, dark gloomy sky, and a huge wave to the left of the piece.The artist uses two triangles as the main part of the composition. One large triangle leads the eye to the back of the raft and the dead men, and the small triangle leads the eye to the front of the raft where men are trying to signal a ship. The diagonal lines lead the eye towards the two key peaks, the huge wave to the left and the flag to the right. The artist uses dramatic colors to go with the scene of the painting and the tone is

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’ was a french frigate that set sail in 1816 from Rochefort heading to Senegalese. Harris (2011) states that Gericault read an account by survivors about the tragedy of the shipwreck and was intrigued to learn more. He learnt that the

Telemachus has finally completed his death-defying, long-enduring expedition, and has returned to Ithaca. In Homer’s The Odyssey, the house of Eumaeus is the first place Telemachus approaches, once he arrives on shore. Two interpretations put forth by Robert Fitzgerald and Robert Fagles lead to different portrayals of Eumaeus. Fagles’ translation initially lays out the idea that Eumaeus is the father figure Telemachus never had for the first two decades of his life, whereas Fitzgerald’s sets the undertone to a Eumaeus that is an incredibly loyal and loving servant. However, there is an interesting twist, as we simultaneously see these initial ideas flip. Fitzgerald’s Eumaeus expresses his emotions in a more endearing manner—seeming evermore like the father, and Fagles’ Eumaeus becomes more distant, and turns his attention towards the suitors’ and Penelope—seeming evermore like a servant. This is explicitly seen throughout the passage as both translations use forms of imagery, syntax, enjambments/end-stopped lines, diction, and a few smaller devices intermittent throughout such as a polysyndeton and a metaphorical synecdoche to focus on the interaction between Eumaeus and Telemachus. Fitzgerald’s translation continuously leaves fingerprints of evidence throughout the epic that Eumaeus was vital to Telemachus’ upbringing, ultimately leading to a transformation of son into father; whereas Fagles indicates that Eumaeus had no part in the upbringing of Telemachus, giving us

The myth of Medusa is one of the most told myths throughout history. It seems like a simple idea of how society perceives ugliness. The myth may be saying that truly hideous people deserved the monstrous things that are coming to them, yet there is more to the story and image of this woman. People have to look into what happened to her that society perceives her as hideous.Society has to think about whose fault was it for her becoming a monster. People should look into the true meaning of Medusa. Medusa has a strong impact on Greek society mythology too? with her features, the colors of those features, her gender, and the power she held. Her image and myth is

I believe that there are a number of “points” the Greeks wished to make, or that we can now interpret with our worldview. If we focus on Medusa we can see her portrayed as all things feminine, a woman whose beauty could rival that of Athena, best exemplified when Poseidon is smitten with and then rapes her in Athena’s temple, which suggests a power that Medusa is born into and as such is so innate as to be a challenge to the gods themselves. Medusa is changed into the Gorgon thus we can see that she now has power of, not only, life and death but also the power to control men. This is best exemplified by her ability to change men into stone, which is symbolic of the “sacred feminine” and the ability to castrate a man, or make him impotent, with only a glance. This ability, and its metaphorical maleficence, is what cause the men of Greece to rise against her and attempt to control her. Whilst all fail, Perseus is able to regain his masculinity for himself and all of Greece’s men and in so doing allows the children of Poseidon to be born out of death.

The Raft of the Medusa depicts the minute when, following thirteen days drifting on the raft, the remainder of the fifteen survivors see a ship drawing nearer from a distance. Nau of these people that a pictured surviving on the raft were most likely cannibals. Cannibalism was the only way that the survivors were successful. Per an early British analyst, the work is set at a minute when "the ruin of the raft may be said to be complete". The depiction is very large, so that the greater part of the figures rendered are life-sized and those in the frontal area twice life-measure, pushed near the photo plane and swarming onto the viewer, who is drawn into the physical activity as a member.

I was not looking hard enough, behind this painting there is history and made me look at it differently. I really liked how he used the history in his artwork and unique style of using different colors and scenarios usually not seen, like the mixing of Gods and Mortals mentioned in paragraph four. I’m sure like any other painting that has to do with history there may be two sides of it. Some people may agree with what the painting shows and others may oppose. I believe this painting shows a little bit of the history of France. I believe the community of france took this painting as a well explanatory paining and there is really nothing negative of this portrait. To other cultures it may be hard to understand the story behind at first because we may not know who the figures are at first but once you study it and maybe search them it will all start coming piece by piece and coming to the realization of the actual work and what is behind

Despite the fact that his style had developed throughout the years, Eugene Delacroix stayed consistent with his showcases of feeling and extraordinary varieties. His appearance was uninhibited and his canvases blasted with vitality. The craftsman never shrouded his interest for elimination and brutality and breathed life into them through temperate hues. He is still respected for his striking, specialized advancements. He entered the studio of Pierre Narcisse Guerin in 1815, where he met Theodore Gerick. The middle of the general sentimental overflowing of European workmanship,

Drake Bang Miss Windish English ll 6 December, 2017 The History of Medusa Have you ever wanted to just look at a person and turn them to stone? I know it sounds a little far fetched, but Medusa had that ability. She did it whenever she wanted. Medusa could be considered the most interesting mortals considering she had very unusual hair, her unique death, and her mischievous after-death experiences.

Van Gogh stares at guests with such solemn eyes that seem to be all colors at once. Claude Monet takes you to the French country side that are covered in swaying pastures of yellow wildflowers and haystacks. The relaxed posed of Renoir’s nude female models shows the realistic ideas the impressionism artists had for the future of art. They painted the true colors of the world around them and present them to us as we pass through the hallways. There is a muffled quietness in the exhibit as everyone observes the sound the paintings reflect as though trying to here the gentle breeze in Monet’s painting of water lilies. Everyone gathers to gaze at George Seurat’s meticulous work that covers an expansive wall which barely contains the impressive effort. Cameras flash trying to capture the unique and awe-inspiring talent and dedication that made Seurat famous but none are able. No one can truly capture the detail and dedication that all artists put into their work through photos, you have to stand right in front of it to come

He has famous paintings the they sent to different museums all over the world for example France. When he was doing his artwork he was being creative and coming up with great ideas of how he would like to make his art. He is talented with the piece of work that he has created for his passing years of art.When his painting are in display in a museum they are important because he gives education to other Renaissance.

The Painting that I have chosen to write about for this blog is "The Raft of Medusa". I think this is great painting that has a lot of aspects of the romantic time period. One that sticks out is the display of nature and its portrayal of the intense and destructive power. This painting is about a crew of sailors that lost their boat due to a terrible storm out on sea and they all had to make shift this raft and just float to where ever the current wanted to take them. Gericault, the artist, wanted to make sure we had a sense of awe and bewilderment when we saw this painting. He brought a feeling of nervousness when we think about the vast ocean and what it can do to us if we are not careful. I also think Gericault wanted to portray

The work of art from the reading I chose to explain how it exemplifies the characteristics of the Romantic period is Theodore Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa". The story behind this painting goes that a ship ran aground off the coast of France, due to the incapability of it's captain who was appointed as captain as a political favor, not out of any previous sea faring knowledge or experience. The ship The Medusa crashed, and began to sink. There were not enough life boats for everyone, so the life boats were filled by the captain and crew and prestigious passengers and the rest were left to fend for themselves. They built a raft of the timbers of the ship and after a while of paddling they abandoned that and just drifted. The people were out

when Géricault was 27 years old, painted The Raft of the Medusa. Which is considered a classic of the Romantic Movement.In its brutality, realism, and raw emotion it captures the essence of a historic event that shocked the French public. The story behind the painting is as devastating as shown on the canvas.The Medusa was a French naval vessel that was on course off the coast of Africa before running aground on a sandbar near Mauritania around July 1816. After few days of trying to pry the ship free, the crew and passengers took to the ship's six small lifeboats.