ISBN: 3777420689 9783777420684

Category: Art / History / General

Page count: 223

This beautifully illustrated volume presents French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault in a fascinating new light: through his works that addressed the physical and psychological torments of modern life.<br> The book presents hundreds of images of Géricault's paintings, in stunning full-color reproductions, to show how his emphasis on the suffering inherent in modern existence represented a completely new way of depicting life. Marrying the Romantics' fascination with horror and the unsentimental perspective of science, with his images of madness and death Géricault played a key role in the deliberate visualization of the modern, existentially isolated individual. When viewed this way--and placed in context with his contemporaries, such as Goya, Fuseli, and Adolph Menzel--Géricault's work upends the traditional opposition of realism and Romanticism, allowing us instead to see them as interrelated, sharing approaches and areas of interest.<br> Four essays by scholars steeped in Géricault and his period round out the volume, which will be essential for fans of the Romantic tradition. <br>