(Théodore Géricault « La beauté du désastre »)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France

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Runtime:

30 minutes

Year:

2002

Directors:

Alain Jaubert

Production companies:

Palette Productions

Crews:

Director