Théodore Géricault « La beauté du désastre » (2002)

By painting his monumental work The Raft of the Medusa, completed in 1819, Théodore Géricault elevated a news event to the level of modern history painting. A denunciation of cowardice, an admission of human brutality, a fascination with disaster—this ambiguous and unclassifiable work that obsessed the painter echoes one of the greatest scandals of the Restoration and, at the time, creates a new aesthetic.

• Release Date: 2002-01-01
• Runtime: 0h 30min
• Production Company: Palette Productions
• Production Country: France
• Director: Alain Jaubert