THEODORE GUERICAULT- La Balsa de la Medusa (Obras Maestras de la Pintura Universal)

To understand the history of humanity, we are obliged to understand culture and art, which are truly the collective and individual expression of a society and its constituents. Among the numerous disciplines that comprise art itself, we will focus on one of the oldest, one that has been present throughout humankind's evolution: painting. We can define painting as the art of reproducing an event or person, real or imaginary, through color and form. Painting is one of the artistic expressions that first expressed the desire to reproduce the interrelationship between humankind and nature, and at the same time, the attempt to understand and master it. To study the history of universal painting, it is necessary to do so through the different artistic styles that have always been linked to the different historical periods of humanity. From cave paintings to the wonderful world of Impressionism and Symbolism in the 20th century. But we must never forget the artist and the world that surrounds him.