9780714844008: Théodore Géricault
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She has published extensively on French nineteenth-century art, including essays and books on Géricault, Horace Vernet, Delacroix and Cézanne.\u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eThe small but varied oeuvre of Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) has consistently defied easy definition; the artist himself struggled throughout his short career with the conflicting demands of the grand Neo-classical style and radical Romanticism. He was drawn to subjects of drama and horror, painting gruesome scenes of life in France as Napoleon’s Empire ceded to a restored Monarchy – few more shocking than the cannibalism among shipwrecked victims that inspired his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Raft of the Medusa\u003c/i\u003e. Yet equally significant in his artistic production was a passion for the wild imagery of horses, which even dictated his choice of painting teacher and led to some of the greatest equestrian portraits and history paintings in French art. Géricault also took great interest in the depths of the human mind, in medical and psychiatric science; an interest which inspired a riveting series of portraits of monomaniacs. Géricault was committed to capturing contemporary life with creative integrity and dramatic verve, and his entrepreneurial spirit lead him to exhibit his works and produce lithographs as a very modern-style artist.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive and comprehensive survey, Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer pays tribute to established Géricault scholarship, but also reassesses the career of an artist too easily miscast as the archetypal ‘tortured soul’ of art-historical Romantic mythology. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer discusses all the artist’s key paintings and drawings, with particular attention to the iconic \u003ci\u003eRaft of the Medusa\u003c/i\u003e, the history of it production and its artistic afterlife up to the present day.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The breadth and depth of the oeuvre of Th\u0026#233;odore G\u0026#233;ricault has been captured in this new volume by Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmayer... One of the most compelling features of the book is the way in which the author threads the shifting subjects of G\u0026#233;ricault's art through the warp and weft of the political and social crises of France in the early 19th century.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Art Newspaper\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Handsomely produced... [An] important contribution to the vast literature on this complex and compelling artist... Extends the range of G\u0026#233;ricault art-historical scholarship and interpretation... Selects judiciously from the range of new research to present G\u0026#233;ricault as a 'pioneer modernist'... [An] engrossing account... With superb accompanying illustrations... Athanassoglou-Kallmyer's well-written volume is a comprehensive account which admirably combines some of the achievements of earlier scholarship with the most recent developments in G\u0026#233;ricault studies.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Burlington Magazine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer has digested recent scholarship and integrated it into a flowing narrative covering the artist's life and art... Describes G\u0026#233;ricault\u0026#8217;s art and explains the motivations behind the artist very well. It also sets these in context while not overwhelming the reader with too much detail... For anyone already with an interest in G\u0026#233;ricault this book makes an excellent survey.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eCassone.com\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"New monograph exploring the fascinating life and works of Géricault.\u003cbr /\u003e"}