The true story of the sinking of the Méduse (which inspired Géricault's painting)

2024-01-26T15:38:04.340Z

Highlights: The true story of the sinking of the Méduse (which inspired Géricault's painting). Stéphane Bern recounts, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the disappearance of the painter Théodore Géricsault. Or the true stories of the shipwreck, which inspired the most famous of his paintings. Why did this work make an impression? Under what circumstances did this shipwreck take place? What were the consequences of this sinking in Restoration France? To talk about it, St phane Bern receives Jacques-Olivier Boudon, historian, professor of contemporary history at Sorbonne University.

Stéphane Bern recounts, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the disappearance of the painter Théodore Géricault, a true scene of horror on the open sea frozen forever on the canvas of the French painter, which has become the most famous of his paintings. Or the true story of the sinking of the Méduse, which inspired Géricault's painting... Why did this work make an impression? Under what circumstances did the shipwreck depicted by Géricault take place? What were the consequences of the sinking of the Méduse in Restoration France? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Jacques-Olivier Boudon, historian, professor of contemporary history at Sorbonne University, president of the Institut Napoléon and author of "Les Naufragés de la Méduse" (Tallandier)