The Funeral of Shelley in the context of "Romantic poetry"

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⭐ Core Definition: The Funeral of Shelley

The Funeral of Shelley is an 1889 painting by the French artist Louis Édouard Fournier (1857–1917). The painting, which is considered Fournier's most famous work, is held in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.

The canvas depicts a funeral pyre on a beach in Viareggio, Italy where in 1822 the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's body washed ashore after he drowned while sailing on his schooner "Don Juan" (named after the work by Byron) on the Gulf of Spezia during a storm; he could not swim. The scene it depicts is said to be partially historically inaccurate.

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👉 The Funeral of Shelley in the context of Romantic poetry

Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Neoclassical ideas of the 18th century, and lasted approximately from 1800 to 1850. Romantic poets rebelled against the style of poetry from the eighteenth century which was based around epics, odes, satires, elegies, epistles and songs.

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The Funeral of Shelley in the context of Louis Edouard Fournier

Louis Édouard Fournier (12 December 1857 – 10 April 1917) was a French painter and illustrator.

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← Romantic poetry ← Romantic poet ← Louis Edouard Fournier
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Louis Édouard Fournier → Walker Art Gallery → Liverpool → Funeral pyre → Viareggio → Romantic poet → Percy Bysshe Shelley → Schooner → Don Juan (Byron) → Gulf of Spezia →