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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons despite his sailing skills being extremely rusty[[note]]to give you a clue how rusty, he'd barely sailed for 20 years[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritania in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons reasons[[note]] He had been a Royalist noble who ran for it at the outset of the French Revolution, and upon returning to France after Napoleon's defeat, was given rank again. This meant that he sat out from being at sea for the entirety of the Napoleonic Wars. To top things off, the Meduse's crew had originally fought for Napoleon, so they were less than thrilled to have him around. [[/note]] despite his sailing skills being extremely rusty[[note]]to give you a clue how rusty, he'd barely sailed for 20 years[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritania in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons despite his sailing skills being extremely rusty[[note]]to give you a clue how rusty, he'd barely sailed for 20 years[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons despite his sailing skills being extremely rusty[[note]]to give you a clue how rusty, he'd barely sailed for 20 years[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritius Mauritania in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons despite his sailing skills being ''extremely'' rusty[[note]]to give you a clue ''how'' rusty, he'd barely sailed for '''20 years'''[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons despite his sailing skills being ''extremely'' extremely rusty[[note]]to give you a clue ''how'' how rusty, he'd barely sailed for '''20 years'''[[/note]], 20 years[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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* VehicleTitle: The ''Medusa'' is a French Navy frigate that suffers a shipwreck. From its scattered parts, the crew assembles a raft, which is what the painting depicts.
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''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] oil {{painting|s}} by French artist Théodore Géricault.
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''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] oil {{painting|s}} by French artist [[Creator/TheodoreGericault Théodore Géricault.
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''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] oil painting by French artist Théodore Géricault.
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''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] oil painting {{painting|s}} by French artist Théodore Géricault.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'' sank off the coast of what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'' sank off the coast of ''Méduse'', navigated by an UpperClassTwit who was given command for political reasons despite his sailing skills being ''extremely'' rusty[[note]]to give you a clue ''how'' rusty, he'd barely sailed for '''20 years'''[[/note]], was accidentally beached in what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
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''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a Romantic oil painting by French artist Théodore Géricault.
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''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a Romantic [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] oil painting by French artist Théodore Géricault.
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->''"The only hero in this poignant story is humanity."''
-->-- '''The Louvre's "caption"'''
''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a Romantic oil painting by French artist Théodore Géricault.
First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'' sank off the coast of what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
The painting depicts a moment after the men have spotted a rescue ship in the distance, and an African crew member, Jean Charles, waves his handkerchief in the air to get their attention. Notably, this coincided with contemporary works that had portrayed people of color positively and growing abolitionist sentiment in Europe.
''The Raft of the Medusa'' is rather large, with most of the figures being at least life-sized. It was completed in 1819, debuted at the Paris Salon that same year, and is presently housed at the Louvre.
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!!Tropes in this painting:
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Due to the elements of Classicisim Géricault employed (which focused on, among other things, idealized human forms) the passengers are still rather muscular and healthy-looking for people who've been starved and dehydrated for almost two weeks.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: Variation. The dead litter the floor of the raft, while the living stand on top of them and raise their arms, hoping to be rescued. This structure shows up in the painting in two "pyramids", one in the foreground and one in the back.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The painting uses a lot of dark, muted browns to convey the painfulness of the incident, and employs plenty of tenebrism, or the stark contrast between light and dark, to emphasize the dramatic moment.
* CueTheSun: The foreground of the painting is rather dark. The sunshine in the distance, to which the hopeful passengers are looking, represents the possibility of rescue.
* LostAtSea: The people in the painting are stuck on a shoddy raft after their frigate sank and hoping a ship will come by and rescue them. Dehydrated and driven to despair, they eventually resorted to cannibalism.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: The real-life ''Méduse'' survivors resorted to cannibalizing the corpses of their fellow passengers to survive, and elements of this can be seen in the painting, with bodies and ''blood'' floating away in the waves.
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->''"The only hero in this poignant story is humanity."''
-->-- '''The Louvre's "caption"'''
''The Raft of the Medusa'' (''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage''[[note]]''Shipwreck Scene''[[/note]]) is a Romantic oil painting by French artist Théodore Géricault.
First, a bit of history. The French Navy frigate ''Méduse'' sank off the coast of what is now Mauritius in 1816. The ship wasn't carrying enough lifeboats for all its passengers, so 147 passengers were eventually left adrift in a quickly-constructed wooden raft for almost two weeks. Only 15 survived the ordeal.
The painting depicts a moment after the men have spotted a rescue ship in the distance, and an African crew member, Jean Charles, waves his handkerchief in the air to get their attention. Notably, this coincided with contemporary works that had portrayed people of color positively and growing abolitionist sentiment in Europe.
''The Raft of the Medusa'' is rather large, with most of the figures being at least life-sized. It was completed in 1819, debuted at the Paris Salon that same year, and is presently housed at the Louvre.
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!!Tropes in this painting:
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Due to the elements of Classicisim Géricault employed (which focused on, among other things, idealized human forms) the passengers are still rather muscular and healthy-looking for people who've been starved and dehydrated for almost two weeks.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: Variation. The dead litter the floor of the raft, while the living stand on top of them and raise their arms, hoping to be rescued. This structure shows up in the painting in two "pyramids", one in the foreground and one in the back.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The painting uses a lot of dark, muted browns to convey the painfulness of the incident, and employs plenty of tenebrism, or the stark contrast between light and dark, to emphasize the dramatic moment.
* CueTheSun: The foreground of the painting is rather dark. The sunshine in the distance, to which the hopeful passengers are looking, represents the possibility of rescue.
* LostAtSea: The people in the painting are stuck on a shoddy raft after their frigate sank and hoping a ship will come by and rescue them. Dehydrated and driven to despair, they eventually resorted to cannibalism.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: The real-life ''Méduse'' survivors resorted to cannibalizing the corpses of their fellow passengers to survive, and elements of this can be seen in the painting, with bodies and ''blood'' floating away in the waves.
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