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Set in Paris during the upheavals of the French Revolution, Gericault's career took off at an early age when his painting , 'Charging Chasseur', was selected for the prestigious 'Salon'. He was awarded the gold medal and then began an affair with his benefactor's young wife.
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"The brilliant research and excellent pacing by the author of the awardwinning "The Company" make this a one-sitting read. This portrait of the author's torment is so well told and so perfectly realized that it expresses the struggle of all artists to create." -- Wendy Bethel, "Library Journal Reviews" (starred review)
About the Author
Arabella Edge read English literature at the University of Bristol in the UK and moved to Australia in 1992. With her husband, Nick Gaze, she now divides her time between Sydney and Bicheno, on Tasmania's east coast. Her first novel, The Company, won the Best First Book in the 2001 Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the South East Asia and South Pacific Region and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.
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Secondhand, Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Arabella EdgeFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 344Set in Paris during the upheavals of the French Revolution, Gericault's career took off at an early age when his painting, 'Charging Chasseur', was selected for the prestigious 'Salon'. He was awarded the gold medal and then began an affair with his benefactor's young wife. Secondhand, Paperback. Seller Inventory # 9780330422062-SECONDHAND
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SOFTCOVER. Condition: condition very good. When the French painter Th odore G ricault died in 1824 at the age of thirty-three, he was mourned as one of the most promising artists of his generation. He was also one of the most controversial, endowed with a character marked by Byronic paradoxes. The cult of G ricault's personality cast him as "genius, athlete, martyr, and romantic ghoul." Indeed, it was the stinging aftermath of an illicit affair with his beautiful young aunt that propelled G ricault into the artistic obsession that would yield his masterwork, The Raft of the Medusa. The God of Spring opens in Paris in 1818, as the upheavals of the French Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration come to fruition in the aftermath of a naval disaster caused by criminal negligence and tinged with political scandal. Mesmerized by the tales of betrayal, madness, murder, and cannibalism aboard the life raft of the scuttled French frigate Medusa, G ricault takes as his muses two of its survivors. His canvas pits man against nature, its dominant image a doomed sailor futilely raising his hand toward the clouds and salvation. 2.8 Centimeters X 15.5 Centimeters X 23.5 Centimeters. Seller Inventory # 30198657
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Softcover. 344 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 2005. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Set in Paris during the upheavals of the French Revolution, Gericault's career took off at an early age when his painting , 'Charging Chasseur', was selected for the prestigious 'Salon'. He was awarded the gold medal and then began an affair with his benefactor's young wife. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0330422065. ISBN/EAN: 9780330422062. Inventory No: 23090144. This item is in stock in our Australian warehouse. We are not dropshippers. Seller Inventory # 23090144