The Raft of the Medusa | Théodore Géricault | 1819 Size:24"x16" and quiet endurance of urban

and quiet endurance of urban working-class life in the early 20th century

These masks would be exaggerated and grotesque

some on horseback and others on foot

Step into a world of radiant light and luminous colour

The Raft of the Medusa | Théodore Géricault | 1819 Size:24"x16" and quiet endurance of urbanGricault chose to depict this event in order to launch his career with a large scale uncommissioned work on a subject that had already generated great public interest. The event fascinated him, and before he began work on the final painting, he undertook extensive research and produced many preparatory sketches. He interviewed two of the survivors and constructed a detailed scale model of the raft. He visited hospitals and morgues where he could view,