Wreck: Géricault's Raft and the Art of Being Lost at Sea by Tom de Freston

Wreck: Géricault's Raft and the Art of Being Lost at Sea

Tom de Freston

352 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction art biography emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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Artist Tom de Freston has long had an obsession with Géricault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa, and the troubling story behind its creation. The monumental canvas, which hangs in the Louvre, depicts a 19th century tragedy in which 150 people wer...

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Moods

reflective 83%
emotional 66%
dark 50%
informative 50%
challenging 33%
hopeful 16%
tense 16%

Pace

slow 83%
medium 16%

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