From Tintoretto in the 1560s, through the canonical Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault, to Delacroix’s Shipwreck of the Don Juan.
Delacroix
The Roman poet whose poetic account of myths found a place in almost every workshop or studio in Europe between 1500-1850.
Rubens’ hunting scenes and Delacroix, the last of his shipwrecks, Sorolla’s fishing scenes, Arthurian legend, the story of Salome, and more.
Storm in the Bay of Biscay, a deep fake of 1808, a dedication for a wedding present, the Trojan Horse, and remarkable modern narratives.
Companions to valkyries, accompanying the Wild Hunt, at the Crucifixion and executions, or the first sign of Spring?
A tragedy with a happy outcome, painted by Waterhouse, Kauffman, Paulus Bor, Delacroix, Maurice Denis and Lovis Corinth.
An outline summary and links to each of the articles in this series.
Associated with Dionysus/Bacchus and his followers, it’s basically a staff decorated with plant matter. Seen here in different variants from Pompeii onwards.
If David’s neoclassicism emphasised form or ‘disegno’, Delacroix was a colourist. Shown here in details of his paintings.
His starting point was Géricault’s Raft of the Medusa, progressed through reportage of the Greek War of Independence, the invention of Orientalism, and much more.
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