| Description |
231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : man of his time -- The spectacle of war : beginnings in life and art -- "C'est de l'antique moderne" : Géricault and Italy -- Military martyrs and military rebels : Géricault and the liberal ideal -- The politics of horror : creating the raft of the Medusa -- Of England and the English : The raft of the Medusa in London -- The reason of unreason : portraits of the insane -- The end and after : histories of Géricault. |
| Subject |
Géricault, Théodore, 1791-1824.
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Romanticism in art.
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| ISBN |
9780714844008 hardback |
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0714844004 hardback |
| Standard No. |
978-0-7148-4400-8 |
| Music No. |
4400 |
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