Théodore Géricault: Images of Life and Death

Bys: Max Hollein and Gregor Wedekind

This beautifully illustrated volume presents French Romantic painter Th odore G ricault in a fascinating new light: through his works that addressed the physical and psychological torments of modern life.
The book presents hundreds of images of G ricault'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 G ricault 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--G ricault's work upends the traditional opposition of realism and Romanticism, allowing us instead to see them as interrelated, sharing approaches and areas of interest.
Four essays by scholars steeped in G ricault and his period round out the volume, which will be essential for fans of the Romantic tradition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3777420689
• ISBN13: 9783777420684
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Hirmer Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.1" x 9.4"