History
The Painting That Represents Today’s Actual Scenario
The painting is known as The Great Flood or Scene of the deluge
Title of the Painting: Scene of deluge
Dimensions- height: 279 cm (109.8 in); width: 221 cm (87 in)
Exhibition history: Paris, Salon de 1827, no 234
The Great Flood or Scene from the Great Flood is a painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, that was made in 1826. The first exhibition of this painting took place on 4 November 1827 in Paris Salon. Later, the French state bought it for 3000 francs.
Today it is exhibited in the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon ( a french museum of Lyon).
About the Painting
This painting is a representation of a religious flood that wiped out humanity on earth. In the sacred story, Noah and his family managed to survive the flood.
The same scenario is depicted in the painting where a man, is shown trying to save his father — and is seen ignoring his wife and little son.
In the painting, the father represents the past, the wife represents the present and the son represents the future.
Thus, the man is stuck with his past life and doesn't care either about his present or his future.
This painting represents the current scenario.
If one will keep on looking at the past, he will definitely miss out on all the possibilities that the future can bring.
