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This is the story of the raft painting that shook the world and scandalized high society. Not only for his anti-royalist statements, but also for the choice of a black man as hero. In the era of slavery.
In its brutality, its realism and its raw emotion, it captures the essence of a historical event that shocked the French public, a public weary of the Revolution and which was not easy to shock. The story behind the painting is as devastating as the despair on the canvas.
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Thanks to Bart Vergouwe for the Dutch subtitles.
Thanks to Charles Xue for the Chinese subtitles
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BOOKS
The Raft of the Medusa – Albert Alhedeff
Géricault: his life and works – Lorenz Eitner
Medusa – Jonathan Miles
The wreck of the Medusa – Alexander McKee
WEBSITES
https://www.haaretz.com/life/MAGAZINE-the-tragedy-behind-the-raft-of-the-medusa-1.5494654
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/aug/11/the-200-year-old-painting-that-puts-europes-fear-of-migrants-to-shame
https://eclecticlight.co/2016/03/14/the-story-in-paintings-gericaults-raft-of-the-medusa/
BLOGS
Théodore Géricault – Aengus Dewar
https://www.aengusart.co.uk/blog/theodore-gericault-the-raft-of-the-medusa
/"Theme/" music: JS Bach “Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor”
The Raft of the Medusa, Louvre Museum, Paris is in the public domain
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