Penguin Books Australia

A new monograph exploring the life and works of Théodore Géricault (1791–1824), an artist whose life, imagination and legacy continue to enthrall audiences, artists and critics alike.

A compelling insight into the French 19th-century painter's life and times.

Delacroix's journal - fresh and unselfconsciously spontaneous - is one of art history's most important documents.

A comprehensive volume giving a clear understanding of a complex movement.

Romanticism was a way of feeling rather than a style in art. In the period c.1775-1830 - against the background of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars - European artists, poets and composers initiated their own rebellion against the dominant political, religious and social ethos of the day. Their quest was for personal...