Comments on: All In The Family: The Vernets http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17507 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:46:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Emily http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17507/comment-page-1#comment-90052 Emily Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:30:16 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17507#comment-90052 "The Shipwreck" reminds me of one of my favourite paintings -- another maritime disaster masterpiece -- "The Raft of the Medusa" by Theodore Gericault. I did little reading on Gericault and was surprised to learn that he had studied under none other than...Carle Vernet. I love those little coincidences, don't you? Thanks for another inspired (and inspirational) post, Andrea. “The Shipwreck” reminds me of one of my favourite paintings — another maritime disaster masterpiece — “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault.

I did little reading on Gericault and was surprised to learn that he had studied under none other than…Carle Vernet.

I love those little coincidences, don’t you? Thanks for another inspired (and inspirational) post, Andrea.

]]> By: James http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17507/comment-page-1#comment-90009 James Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:45:04 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17507#comment-90009 The tied-to-the-mast story is also claimed for the English painter Turner. The tied-to-the-mast story is also claimed for the English painter Turner.

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