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Theodore Gericault's "The Raft of the Medusa" is one of the most imposing works of art in the Louvre Museum. Although the Louvre holds a great deal of beautiful artworks, this particular painting struck me from the very first moment when I came across it. In addition to its imposing size, the fact that the painter concentrated on emphasizing the intense feelings experienced by individuals on the raft contributes to inducing strong emotions in anyone seeing the painting. Consequent to looking at the picture for several minutes one is likely to observe the complex ideas that the painter wanted viewers to understand.
The painting's background is even more interesting than the painting itself, as it relates to the repercussions of the wreck of a French frigate named the Medusa. Gericault wanted his painting to express the experiences of desperate individuals as they acknowledged...
One can actually come to believe that the painting is intended to teach people with regard to how suffering is no longer something that one should fear, especially when the respective person faces almost certain death.
Gericault's work is very different from works contemporary to the painter and this is likely owed to the fact that he wanted to use a famous event with the purpose of uplifting his public image. He was obviously well-acquainted with the fact that the masses were especially interested in sensational stories and hoped that by using this particular event as a topic for his painting he would influence people in being more appreciative of his work.
"The Raft of the Medusa" is an…
By the second night, a group of men had mutinied and attempted to kill the officers and destroy the raft, and by the third day, "those whom death had spared in the disastrous night […] fell upon the dead bodies with which the raft was covered, and cut off pieces, which some instantly devoured" (Savigny & Correard 192). Ultimately, the survivors were reduced to throwing the wounded overboard, and
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