Anne Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Montargis, 1767 - Paris, 1824
The Sleep of Endymion
also known as Endymion. Moonlight Effect
1791
This is a particularly dramatic piece, I love how stark and bold it is, the tonal range that you can see here is nothing infact compared to the real life, as in all the pieces I've photographed at the Louvre, they cannot be replicated in this way, they have to be viewed by the naked eye to be truly appreciated.
Théodore GÉRICAULT (Rouen, 1791 - Paris, 1824)The Raft of the Medusa
Salon of 1819
Géricault's studio
Myself and a class of artists in college once reproduced this utilising ourselves as a cast to create a 3D interpretation using our own bodies, chairs, tables and large sheets of canvas; it was highly humorous, however we benefitted greatly from it by acknowledging how paintings are arranged, how to choreograph such arrangements, and by looking indepth at how emotion can be buried deeper into a painting than just the facial expressions; the body plays a big part in this and how it is positioned.
Jacques-Louis David (Paris, 1748-Brussels, 1825)The Oath of the Horatii
1784
One of the best pieces I've seen in a long time in person, this piece eminates mathematical genius and is what I like to call 'aesthetic arithmetic'. It is pieces such as this that particularly intrigue me, as I am interested in what makes a piece truly pleasing to the eye other than just because it 'looks good' - simpleton is not a language I speak.
© Dean Ross.
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