Create your own art critique for The Raft of the Medusa. The Raft of Medusa was created 1818-1819 by Theodore Gericault. The painting shows a group of men on a raft in the middle of the ocean, some dead mean, some men waving clothes to signal a ship, dark gloomy sky, and a huge wave to the left of the piece.The artist uses two triangles as the main part of the composition. One large triangle leads the eye to the back of the raft and the dead men, and the small triangle leads the eye to the front of the raft where men are trying to signal a ship. The diagonal lines lead the eye towards the two key peaks, the huge wave to the left and the flag to the right. The artist uses dramatic colors to go with the scene of the painting and the tone is right.
