France, Paris: The Unnerving Raft of the Medusa at the Louvre
By glenda. Filed in Art, Culture, Europe, Exhibition, France, History, Museum, Paris, Trafalgar Costsaver European Delight, Travel |
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If you think life is tough, think of all the sailors that went out into the unknown seas. The shipwrecked Madusa, was left with 115 out of the original 400 sailors on board. There was very little food and water but lots of wine which led to heavy drinking, murder, mutiny and cannibalism. When rescued, only 15 were left alive. This work by Theodore Gericault’s was a seismic shift in art from the stiff neo-classicism of the past to the dramatic and emotional Romanticism in art. It is more of the most macabre painting in the Louvre.
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