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Théodore Géricault
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer, whose best-known painting is '' The Raft of the Medusa''. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement. Early life Born in Rouen, France, Géricault moved to Paris with his family, probably in 1797, where Théodore's father, a lawyer, worked in the family tobacco business based at the Hôtel de Longueville on the Place du Carrousel. Géricault's artistic abilities were likely first recognized by the painter and art dealer Jean-Louis Laneuville. Laneuville lived at the Hotel de Longueville alongside Jean-Baptiste Caruel, Théodore Géricault's maternal uncle, and other members of the extended Géricault family. Saint Domingue & the ''Musée français'' In 1797, Théodore Géricault's Saint Domingue relation Louis Robillard de Peronville arrived in Paris with his family, having fled war and revolution in France's Caribbean colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Théodore Géricault
''Portrait of Théodore Géricault'' is an 1823 portrait painting by the French artist Horace Vernet depicting his friend and fellow painter Théodore Géricault. Best known for his 1819 painting ''The Raft of the Medusa'', Géricault was a prominent figure in the rising movement of Romanticism before his death from Tuberculosis, consumption in 1824. While most depictions of Géricault were posthumous such as Ary Scheffer's ''The Death of Géricault'', it is likely Vernet painted this in February 1823. Today the painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, having been acquired in 1988. Around the same time Vernet also produced a full-length lithograph of Géricault.Baum, Bayer & Wagstaff p.327 References Bibliography * Baum, Kelly, Bayer, Andrea & Wagstaff, Sheena. ''Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible''. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. * Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) ''Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture''. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titian
Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of colour, exerted a profound influence not only on painters of the late Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Art of Europe, Western artists. His career was successful from the start, and he became sought after by patrons, initially from Venice and its possessions, then joined by the north Italian princes, and finally the Habsburgs and the papacy. Along with Giorgione, he is considered a founder of the Venetian school of Italian Renaissance painting. In 1590, the painter and art theorist Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelock Whitney (historian)
Wheelock "Lock" Whitney III (born October 3, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American art collector and dealer. Early life and education Born in Connecticut, Whitney is the son of Wheelock Whitney, Jr. and Irene Hixon. He is the grandson of Wheelock Whitney, Sr. Whitney grew up in the Minnesota branch of the prominent American Whitney family and is of close relation to the Vanderbilt family. Career His published books include: * ''Gericault in Italy'' He has contributed more than fifty notable 18th- and 19th-century paintings, mainly French, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is a philanthropist living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in the Town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later o .... Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence was a centre of Middle Ages, medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful House of Medici, Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Italian language, standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théodore Gericault - Head Of A Youth - Google Art Project
Théodore is the French version of the masculine given name Theodore. Given name * Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny (1798–1871), French landscape painter and engraver * Théodore Anne (1892–1917), French playwright, librettist, and novelist * Théodore Année (1810 – after 1865), French horticulturist * Théodore Aubanel (1829–1886), Provençal poet *Théodore Aubert (1878–1963), Swiss lawyer and writer * Théodore Bachelet (1820–1879), French historian and musicologist * Théodore Bainconneau (fl. 1920), French wrestler * Théodore Ballu (1817–1885), French architect *Théodore de Banville (1823–1891), French poet and writer * Théodore Baribeau (1870–1937), Quebec politician * Théodore Baron (1840–1899), Belgian painter *Théodore Barrière (1823–1877), French dramatist * Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny (1780–1866), French playwright *Théodore de Bèze (1519–1605), French Protestant theologian *Théodore Botrel (1868–1925), French singer-songwriter, poet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salon Of 1814
The Salon of 1814 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris from 5 November 1814. It was the first Salon to be held since the defeat of Napoleon and the Bourbon Restoration that brought Louis XVIII to the throne. It featured a mixture of paintings and works of sculpture. One of the most celebrated artists of the Napoleonic regime Jacques-Louis David had gone into exile and was absent from the Salon. However, Léon Matthieu Cochereau exhibited his ''Interior of David's Studio''. Several of the works had appeared at earlier exhibitions such as Théodore Gericault's '' The Charging Chasseur'' which had featured in the Salon of 1812. By contrast Géricault's '' The Wounded Cuirassier'' was shown for the first time. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres wanted his entries "to cause some noise" and demonstrate the supremacy of history painting above all other genres. Anicet Lemonnier enjoyed success with his depiction of eighteenth century Paris '' In the Salon of Madame Geoffrin in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wounded Cuirassier
''The Wounded Cuirassier'' ( French: ''Le Cuirassier blessé quittant le feu'') is an oil painting of a single anonymous soldier descending a slope with his nervous horse by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). In this Salon of 1814 entry, Géricault decided to turn away from scenes of heroism in favor of a subject that is on the losing side of the battle. On display in the aftermath of France's disastrous military campaign in Russia, this life-size painting captured the feeling of a nation in defeat. There are no visible wounds on the figure, and the title has sometimes been interpreted to refer to soldier's injured pride. The painting stood in stark contrast with Géricault's ''Charging Chasseur'', as it didn't focus on glory or the spectacle of battle. Only his ''Signboard of a Hoofsmith'', which is currently in a private collection, bears any resemblance in form or function to this painting. The final salon version of The Wounded C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Salon
The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the Salon of 1761, thirty-three painters, nine sculptors, and eleven engravers contributed. Levey, Michael. (1993) ''Painting and sculpture in France 1700–1789''. New Haven: Yale University Press, p. 3. From 1881 onward, it was managed by the Société des Artistes Français. Origins In 1667, the royally sanctioned French institution of art patronage, the (a division of the Académie des beaux-arts), held its first semi-public art exhibit at the Salon Carré. The Salon's original focus was the display of the work of recent graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts, which was created by Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, in 1648. Exhibition at the Salon de Paris was essential for any artist to achieve success in France for at le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charging Chasseur
''The Charging Chasseur'', or ''An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guards Charging'', is an oil painting on canvas executed ca. 1812 by the French painter Théodore Géricault, portraying a mounted Napoleonic cavalry officer who is ready to attack. It appeared at both the Salon of 1812 and Salon of 1814. It is now displayed in the Louvre, in Paris (Room 700, Denon wing, Level 1). History and description The painting was Géricault's first exhibited work and it is an example of his attempt to condense both movement and structure in his art. It represents French romanticism and has a motif similar to Jacques-Louis David's '' Napoleon Crossing the Alps'', but non- classical characteristics of the picture include its dramatic diagonal arrangement and vigorous paint handling. In ''The Charging Chasseur'', the horse appears to be rearing away from an unseen attacker. The turning figure on a rearing horse is derived from the large early Rubens ''Saint George'' (Museo del Prado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatomy
Anatomy () is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Anatomy is inherently tied to developmental biology, embryology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary biology, and phylogeny, as these are the processes by which anatomy is generated, both over immediate and long-term timescales. Anatomy and physiology, which study the structure and function of organisms and their parts respectively, make a natural pair of related disciplines, and are often studied together. Human anatomy is one of the essential basic sciences that are applied in medicine, and is often studied alongside physiology. Anatomy is a complex and dynamic field that is constantly evolving as discoveries are made. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Versailles (city)
Versailles ( , ) is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, known worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, which is designated an UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, from the centre of Paris, Versailles is a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service-based economy and is a major tourist destination. According to the 2017 census, the population of the city is 85,862, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.Population en historique depuis 1968 , INSEE A new town founded by order of King , Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
