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Question
What is the story behind Gericaults Taft of the Medusa?
a) The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captains incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days (most of them dying) while the captain and crew saved themselves.
b) The captain of the ship threw slaves overboard to collect insurance on them.
c) It is a metaphor for the growing French Revolution.
d) It depicts a group of explorers finally sighting land.
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