powerful imagination
Eugene Delacroix – Goethe’s Faust lithographs
In the 1820s, the artist Eugene Delacroix was in the prime of his creative power. He is 30 years old, he is a recognized master, who created the paintings that put him among the best artists of France: “Dante and Virgil”, “The Massacre at Chios”, “The Execution of Marino Faliero”, “The Death of Sardanapala”.
In them, Delacroix most fully reflected the ideas of progressive romanticism that prevailed at that time in French painting, to the transmission of historical truth expressed by a vivid, emotional language, which compels the emperor to sympathize with the strong, integral and passionate characters. Continue reading
aspiring artist
remarkable monument
constant companions
years of reaction
huge cycle of murals
most picturesque places
joyful beauty
tense in mood
surpass in this respect
linear perspective
introduction of an orange-red
most popular
picture telling
painters from England
statue was created
products painted
thus emphasizing
henceforth become
master worked
naming the artistic
creative response
outlines of buildings
distinguished by its mannerism
figures are graceful
technique of oil painting
direct observations
supposedly saved
could not recover
natural principle
studios were located
ambassador to Greece
beautiful and majestic
where every wave
masters saw in reality
uniquely individual
variety of color
drew themes from these albums
inhuman tension.
makes several
monuments of the city’s
easel paintings
social activity gradually
hands he held
Mexican graphic until
especially outstanding
