The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 291
FIG. 525.—PORTRAIT OF M. BERTIN. INGRES. (The Louvre.) might have been asked very pertinentlywhy he painted. Gericault (1791-1824), whose lifewas very short, played an importantpart in the history of French art, tak-ing up the tradition of Gros with greater … FIG. 526.—STRATONICE.INGRES. (Musec Conde, Chanlilly.) boldness and power. His Raft of theMedusa (1819), like the Peslifcrcs dcJaffa, is more akin to Michelangelo than to the antique (Fig. 527). With thismasterpiece, movement and pathosmade a brilliant return to art. Geri-cault went to England to…
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