The funeral of atala painting
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The Burial of Atala
Painting by Anne-Louis Girodet
The Burial of Atala or The Funeral of Atala (French: Atala au tombeau) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.[1] It depicts a scene from Francois-René de Chateaubriand's novel, Atala, written in [2] Inspired by this tragic love story, Girodet captures its dramatic tone by combining both Neoclassical and Romantic elements while emphasizing the sensuality of Atala’s death.
First publicly displayed in the Salon of , the painting was well received.[3] It was then acquired by Louis XVIII in [3] Today, it is held in the Louvre Museum in Paris.[3]
Context
[edit]Reacting against the secularism of the French Revolution, both Chateaubriand and Girodet contributed to the revival of Christianity, incorporating religious motifs and iconography into their works.[4][5]
Chateaubriand’s Atala was part of a larger project, The Genius of Christianity (French: Le Génie du Christianisme), written as a defense of Christianity meant to inspire artists and to emphasize moral ideals.[3][6]Atala tells the story of a Christian girl, Atala, who fell in love with a Natchez Indian, Chatca
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Title:The Burial of Atala
Artist:After Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, Montargis – Paris)
Artist: Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, Lodève – Saulx-lès-Chartreux)
Date:early 19th century
Medium:Stipple engraving with etching
Dimensions:image: 5 1/4 x 6 13/16 in. ( x cm)
sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 15/16 in. ( x cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:Gift of Walter H. Smith,
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Inscription: Below image, on right: "Roger sculp."; centered: "Atala au Tombeau"; below title: "Peint par Girodet"
Bottom left: "Paris Hocquart, Rue S. Jacques "
Walter H. Smith
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