![]() ![]() Only a handful remained when they were rescued at sea. Because of a shortage of lifeboats, some 150 survivors embarked on a raft and were decimated by starvation during a 13-day ordeal, which descended into murder and cannibalism. The large painting (13.75 × 23.5 feet ) depicts the aftermath of the 1816 wreck of the French Royal Navy frigate the Medusa, which ran aground off the coast of Senegal. Individual suffering rather than collective drama is vividly portrayed in The Raft of the Medusa. Géricault was something of an exception, but he was separated from his immediate predecessors both by temperament and by the sincerity of his approach. The French Revolution greatly stimulated interest in the depiction of contemporary events, but, after the fall of Napoleon in 1815, few artists were disposed to depict such subjects. Géricault astonished viewers by painting, in harrowing detail, not an antique and noble subject but a recent gruesome incident. The Raft of the Medusa, painting (1819) by French Romantic artist Théodore Géricault depicting the survivors of a shipwreck adrift and starving on a raft. Théodore Géricault: The Raft of the Medusa SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century. ![]()
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