Navigation and history of science: Sea, tragedy and art. The wreck of La Méduse
In 1819 a painting was exhibited for the first time in the Paris Salon. It was 200 years ago. The painting "The raft of the Méduse" was controversial, as it won both praise and condemnation. On June 17, 1816, a frigate, La Méduse, sailed with a flotilla from the island of Aix, near Bordea...
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doaj-6eeace69c0ca47cd910f0e781ab7a6062020-11-25T01:59:35ZengAsociación Para el Progreso de la BiomedicinaJounal of Negative and No Positive Results2529-850X2529-850X2019-06-014665767010.19230/jonnpr.3028Navigation and history of science: Sea, tragedy and art. The wreck of La MéduseIgnacio Jáuregui-Lobera0Instituto de Ciencias de la Conducta y Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla. SpainIn 1819 a painting was exhibited for the first time in the Paris Salon. It was 200 years ago. The painting "The raft of the Méduse" was controversial, as it won both praise and condemnation. On June 17, 1816, a frigate, La Méduse, sailed with a flotilla from the island of Aix, near Bordeaux, on the way to Saint- Louis, in Senegal. On July 2, La Méduse ran aground on the Bank of Arguin, a rocky and sandy place more than 30 miles from the coast. Then a struggle for survival began, which can be summarized as the French greatest maritime tragedy, this tragedy being the result of a cluster of nonsense decisions taken by the powerful and ambitious persons of the moment.https://www.jonnpr.com/PDF/3028.pdfLa MéduseGéricaultshipwrecksurvivalcannibalismart |
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In 1819 a painting was exhibited for the first time in the Paris Salon. It was 200 years ago. The painting "The raft of the Méduse" was controversial, as it won both praise and condemnation. On June 17, 1816, a frigate, La Méduse, sailed with a flotilla from the island of Aix, near Bordeaux, on the way to Saint- Louis, in Senegal. On July 2, La Méduse ran aground on the Bank of Arguin, a rocky and sandy place more than 30 miles from the coast. Then a struggle for survival began, which can be summarized as the French greatest maritime tragedy, this tragedy being the result of a cluster of nonsense decisions taken by the powerful and ambitious persons of the moment. |
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