Atala (novella)
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Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le désert is an early novella by French author François-René de Chateaubriand, first published on 12 germinal IX. The story is told from the point of view of
"The Death of Atala" by Rodolfo Amoedo (1883)
Últimos momentos de Atala by Luis Monroy, 1871
Les Natchez by Eugène Delacroix, 1835
The Funeral of Atala, by Girodet (1808)
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson or simply Girodet, was a French painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David, who participated in the early Romantic movement
Atala (novella)
…and Aubry and wax figurines of the characters being sold at fairs. Among the artists inspired to create works of art based on Atala were Léon Cogniet, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Pierre-Jérôme Lordon, Eugène Delacroix, Natale Carta, Andrea Gastaldi, and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. The novella also inspired at least two operas…
Self-portrait, 1790
Signature d'Anne Louis Girodet 1799
Scene from a Deluge (Une scène de déluge), 1806, Louvre, Paris
The Sleep of Endymion (Le Sommeil d'Endymion or Effet de lune), 1791, Louvre