Géricault
Americannoun
noun
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The 1816 wreck of the French frigate Medusa, from which just a handful of passengers survived after nearly two weeks on a makeshift raft, was still very recent history when Théodore Géricault painted the scene.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Some of these accounts are legendary, such as a case that was immortalized by French artist Théodore Géricault in his painting The Raft of the Medusa.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 16, 2021
“The Black Model: From Géricault to Matisse” exhibit at the Musée d’Orsay creates an image that reminds the beholder not only to respect the subject on the canvas but also to respect everyone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2019
In gorgeous, creative interpretations after Raphael, Paolo Veronese, Peter Paul Rubens and Théodore Géricault, Delacroix—finding his voice among the gods—doesn’t so much copy but consume and reincarnate these artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2018
Géricault divided the scene into two overlapping triangles.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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