Géricault. Images of Life and Death - Catalogue of the Exhibition at Frankfurt Schirn Kunsthalle, 2013/2014 and Gent Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2014. Ed. Schirn Kunsthalle and Museum voor Schone Kunst Gent

Hundreds of Géricault s paintings, reproduced in stunning colour reproductions, show how his emphasis on the suffering inherent in modern existence represented a completely new way of depicting life. Marrying the Romantics fascination with horror and the unsentimental perspective of science with his images of madness and death, Géricault played a key role in the deliberate visualisation of the modern, existentially isolated,
individual. When placed in context with his contemporaries, such as Goya, Fuseli and Adolph Menzel, Géricault s work upends the traditional opposition of realism and Romanticism, presenting them as interrelated, sharing approaches.

Product details

• Assisted by: Max Hollein (Editor), Gregor Wedekind (Editor)
• Publisher: Hirmer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2013
• EAN: 9783777420684
• ISBN: 978-3-7774-2068-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 26 mm x 275 mm
• Weight: 1272 g
• Illustrations: w. 165 illustrations mostly in colour
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art