The painting is called The Night Café<span>, by Vincent van Gogh. Answer will vary but may include the following: Van Gogh has used two point perspective to create depth and movement in this painting. One perspective, or vanishing point, lead off to the right-hand side, above the table, to the wall. The lines of the pool table and tables most prominently lead to the first vanishing point. The second vanishing point is on the left, and seems to travel up to the ceiling corner. Again the furniture lead our eye, as well as the lines on the floor.
The raft of the Medusa is a significant work of French art of the 1900s which is generally considered to be an emblem of Idealism. This portrays an event of which Géricault was particularly interested in human and political aspects: the loss of a French fleet with more than 150 troops on the deck off the coast of Senegal in 1816. Finally settling on his final composition, the painter studied the story in-depth and made numerous sketches that demonstrate the expectation of rescue.
