What did Géricault's "The Madwoman" depict?
Mental illness
War
Nature
Love
Answer
Mental illness is the subject of Géricault's "The Madwoman." The painting, created in 1822, depicts a woman with disheveled hair and a vacant stare, her body contorted in a pose of anguish and despair. Géricault's work humanizes the experience of mental illness, challenging the prevailing view of the time that saw it as a form of moral failing or divine punishment.
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