Comments on: Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa (by Tree) http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:33:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mary http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-208998 mary Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:49:10 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-208998 Thanks for that! looks like l'll have to take a trip out tomorrow to get my hands on that book. Thanks for that!
looks like l’ll have to take a trip out tomorrow to get my hands on that book.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-208589 Steve Durbin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:28:14 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-208589 mary, It appears de Chaumereys owed his command to his political connections at court. In addition, he was a fervent royalist, while many of the experienced navy officers had served under Napoleon. There's more detail in <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DCaOMxnNBDEC&lpg=PA254&dq=Hugues%20Duroy%20de%20Chaumereys&client=firefox-a&pg=PA24" rel="nofollow"><i>The Wreck of the Medusa</i> by Jonathan Miles</a>. mary,

It appears de Chaumereys owed his command to his political connections at court. In addition, he was a fervent royalist, while many of the experienced navy officers had served under Napoleon. There’s more detail in The Wreck of the Medusa by Jonathan Miles.

]]> By: mary http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-208572 mary Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:29 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-208572 The one piece of the story i cant understand is why was de Chaumereys given responsibility over the whole fleet. Every text i have read fails to go into detail. Help? The one piece of the story i cant understand is why was de Chaumereys given responsibility over the whole fleet.
Every text i have read fails to go into detail.
Help?

]]> By: jomo http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-205429 jomo Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:44:05 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-205429 Gericault came from a wealthy family and therefore did not have to please his patrons. Painting what he wanted, without self-censorship, makes him an early 'modern artist' in my view. Public response to the events surrounding the tragedy on the raft was split between factions in France. Depending on your predispositions you could choose to believe one version or another. The dramatic recreation of the human tragedy that took place on the raft focused public outrage and kept the underlying issues alive. Other survivors also met tragic fates, but the experience of those left behind on the grounded Medusa, or those who died after surviving the overland trek to safety are less well known, in part, because they weren't chronicled in art. Art has a function in society, something easy to forget in the current market driven art 'market'. The Bourbons never learn. Gericault came from a wealthy family and therefore did not have to please his patrons. Painting what he wanted, without self-censorship, makes him an early ‘modern artist’ in my view.
Public response to the events surrounding the tragedy on the raft was split between factions in France. Depending on your predispositions you could choose to believe one version or another. The dramatic recreation of the human tragedy that took place on the raft focused public outrage and kept the underlying issues alive. Other survivors also met tragic fates, but the experience of those left behind on the grounded Medusa, or those who died after surviving the overland trek to safety are less well known, in part, because they weren’t chronicled in art. Art has a function in society, something easy to forget in the current market driven art ‘market’.
The Bourbons never learn.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-199206 Steve Durbin Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:57:57 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-199206 Ayesha, I found the following on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>. Not that it's necessarily authoritative, but it's a good starting point, and the article is loaded with references to follow up on. <i>Géricault had deliberately sought to be both politically and artistically confrontational. Critics responded to his aggressive approach in kind, and their reactions were either ones of revulsion or praise, depending on whether the writer's sympathies favoured the Bourbon or Liberal viewpoint. The painting was seen as largely sympathetic to the men on the raft, and thus by extension to the anti-imperial cause adopted by the survivors Savigny and Correard.[14] The decision to place a black man at the pinnacle of the composition would have been controversial, and was an expression of Géricault's abolitionist sympathies; the art critic Christine Riding has speculated that the painting's subsequent exhibition in London was planned to coincide with anti-slavery agitation there.[49]</i> Ayesha,

I found the following on Wikipedia. Not that it’s necessarily authoritative, but it’s a good starting point, and the article is loaded with references to follow up on.

Géricault had deliberately sought to be both politically and artistically confrontational. Critics responded to his aggressive approach in kind, and their reactions were either ones of revulsion or praise, depending on whether the writer’s sympathies favoured the Bourbon or Liberal viewpoint. The painting was seen as largely sympathetic to the men on the raft, and thus by extension to the anti-imperial cause adopted by the survivors Savigny and Correard.[14] The decision to place a black man at the pinnacle of the composition would have been controversial, and was an expression of Géricault’s abolitionist sympathies; the art critic Christine Riding has speculated that the painting’s subsequent exhibition in London was planned to coincide with anti-slavery agitation there.[49]

]]> By: Ayesha http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-199154 Ayesha Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:44:57 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-199154 Hello.. i have a question, this is for my school... can somebody pleaseeee help me with this... Why wasn't the raft of Medussa well recieved in the 1918? Hello.. i have a question, this is for my school… can somebody pleaseeee help me with this…
Why wasn’t the raft of Medussa well recieved in the 1918?

]]> By: June http://artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html/comment-page-1#comment-44925 June Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:18:40 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/10/gericaults-the-raft-of-the-medusa-by-tree.html#comment-44925 Re; Wikipedia -- has come a long long way, which makes sense when you figure out that it can be improved by anyone with a computer and an internet connection. Things improve by the minute, and those that get trashed get untrashed and the trasher's computer banned. As someone said, a vandalized page only remains about 5 minutes. If there's inaccurate info on any Wikipedia page you see, Edit it out! They have just a couple of rules: Neutral point of view, no personal observations, and give references for anything that isn't common knowledge. Jer (housemate and husband) has taken up editing Wikipedia and is having a grand time. I've taken up assuring people that it's good and if it's not good, it's up to them to fix it. Re; Wikipedia — has come a long long way, which makes sense when you figure out that it can be improved by anyone with a computer and an internet connection. Things improve by the minute, and those that get trashed get untrashed and the trasher’s computer banned. As someone said, a vandalized page only remains about 5 minutes.

If there’s inaccurate info on any Wikipedia page you see, Edit it out!

They have just a couple of rules: Neutral point of view, no personal observations, and give references for anything that isn’t common knowledge.

Jer (housemate and husband) has taken up editing Wikipedia and is having a grand time. I’ve taken up assuring people that it’s good and if it’s not good, it’s up to them to fix it.

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