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| Exhibited at Louvre, Paris, 1808 credit here |
Opinion: The Burial of Atala pulls on my heartstrings. It’s sweetly tragic how Atala’s lover hugs her legs as she’s lowered into her grave. On a side note, the whole scene seems to be fanciful Strangely, I was again reminded of something out of Lord of the Rings with a wizard (the old man), an elf (Atala), and a human (her lover).
Theory: The Burial of Atala was created by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson in 1808 during the transition from Neo-classical to Romanticism. Based on a popular novel, Atala is buried in the shadow of a cross by her lover and a priest. Now, there is Romantic despair being paired with religion. Little by little, religion is no longer considered something intellectual, but emotional. The appeal here is to the viewer’s private world of fantasy and emotion (Madame Oyler).
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