Introduction : man of his time
The spectacle of war : beginnings in life and art
"C'est de l'antique moderne" : Géricault and Italy
Military martyrs and military rebels : Géricault and the liberal ideal
The politics of horror : creating the raft of the Medusa
Of England and the English : The raft of the Medusa in London
The reason of unreason : portraits of the insane
The end and after : histories of Géricault.
