{"product_id":"thzsodore-gzsricault-9780714844008","title":"Théodore Géricault","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new monograph exploring the life and works of Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), an artist whose life, imagination and legacy continue to enthrall audiences, artists and critics alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGéricault's small but varied oeuvre 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\u003eYet 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, which inspired his riveting portraits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 its production and its artistic afterlife up to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714844008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.60h x 10.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 207\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44608322666677,"sku":"9780714844008","price":59.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cef2db85-ae20-422c-8038-156de2537165.jpg?v=1725374188","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/thzsodore-gzsricault-9780714844008","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}