They Cut the Rope: The Raft of the Medusa
A shipwreck, a raft and the possibility of rescue became the subject of a painting. This history and art film follows the Méduse disaster and the scene Géricault chose to make impossible to ignore.
Read the companion essayA whole world on a raft.About They Cut the Rope: The Raft of the Medusa
From the public channel description
THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA: Théodore Géricault (1818–1819) 🎨 July 1816. The French frigate Méduse ran aground off West Africa. 147 people were put on a raft and towed behind the lifeboats. A few miles out, the lifeboats cut the line. Thirteen days later, only 15 were still alive. Three years later, Géricault painted the moment they first saw the rescue ship: not the rescue, just a speck on the horizon.
The canvas is over 7 metres wide and hangs in the Louvre. Would you have kept waving? 👇 #raftofthemedusa #gericault #arthistory #painting #darkhistory #history #louvre #Shorts
