painting portrays the awful conditions on a raft occupied by shipwrecked passengers of the ship Medusa. This painting is dark and gloomy mostly by the colors that have been chosen to portray the scene appropriately. Gericault was known for making political statements in regards to the French government. Gericault used this painting to show the problems of social stratification and the discrimination during this time. According to history the crew of the Medusa along with some of the passengers were considered
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created an influence rather than simply illustrating a preexisting one. Both Jean Louis David’s work Oath of the Horatii and Theodore Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa exemplify this. David’s Oath of the Horatii‚ painted in 1794‚ was one of the first paintings that broke from the idea of illustration and provided ideals that helped influence the public. The scene is of three brothers swearing an oath to their father before they are sent to battle‚ a story from a Roman play. The painting added to the
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In 1784‚ a few years before the French revolution‚ Jacques- Louis David painted the Oath of the Horatii. The painting Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David is about three Horatii brothers saluting three swords held by their father (McCoy‚ n.d.). Around 669 B.C.E.‚ Rome and Alba Longa were at war‚ both cities grew tired and decided to have someone represented their city in a fight-to-death battle. The Horatii brothers‚ the ones in the painting‚ represented Rome‚ and Alba Longa selected the Curiatii
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Formal Analysis Theodore Géricault’s breathtaking composition‚ The Raft of the Medusa‚ is extraordinary: exhibiting an intensity that sets it apart from all other works to date. Upon viewing this piece‚ it becomes immediately apparent that there is a tense struggle being depicted by Géricault. When one lays their eyes on this piece‚ they are guided along a fading beam of light shining upon the raft‚ from the bottom left of the painting to the top right. This guide‚ of sorts‚ occurs naturally
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Formal Analysis Paper: The Raft of the Medusa Around the age of 27 Theodore Gericault painted his masterpiece about the Raft of the Medusa‚ which was in the early nineteenth century or roughly around the year 1818-1819. He was a French painter and this portrait became a major influence on French Romanticism. This idea of romanticism was a school of thought‚ in which it focused more of a remote and exotic point in time and place. Gericault’s influence was by the likes of Michelangelo and
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and proportion‚ and pattern and rhythm. With all these formal elements at hand‚ an artist can use them to their advantage to evoke certain responses in viewers. For example‚ if one were to describe Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting Oath of the Horatii‚ using formalism one would to be able to say that David uses the linearity of the Roman arches in the background to separate the foreground into three individual areas and create visual stability. One would also be able to point out the strong
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Art Criticism Jacques-Louis David‚ Oath of Horatii‚ 1785‚ Oil on canvas‚ 3.26 m x 4.2 m‚ Louvre Museum‚ Paris‚ France. Step 1: Description The painting depicts an architectural structure with brick walls on both sides and columns and arches in the background. The piece is divided into three spaces by the two columns. The first section consists of three men in the foreground‚ with their arms raised up towards three swords. The three swords are held by a central man in the middle. A few women sit slouched
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happening. They had to find a way to transmit a convincing message. And paintings were the perfect medium to convey a message. We’re going to see how the Revolution affected the paintings made during this time. To do so‚ we can look at the Oath of the Horatii from Jacques-Louis David‚ during the Neoclassical period‚ and Liberty Leading the People from Eugène Delacroix‚ during the Romantic period. First let’s look at the Neoclassic period. When the Revolution was close to hit France‚ Dr. Beth says
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The Raft of the Medusa was an oil painting with Gericault’s interpretation of what happened when a French naval ship Medusa was wrecked and survivors were forced onto a raft. The painting shows the dead bodies that were used as food for the surviving group. It also seems like this is the point when they are calling out to another ship to
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Oath of the Horatii‚ by Jacques-Louis David Neoclassicism (meaning New Classicism) was a influential movement in painting as well as other visual arts that began in the 1760’s. Neoclassical paintings usually emphasized on classical themes and subject matter‚ using the correct settings as well as costumes. Neoclassical works were serious‚ unemotional‚ and heroic. Neoclassical art was inspired by classical literature and history. The surface of the paintings was to look flawless with no evidence
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