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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
master worked
statue was created
constant companions
ambassador to Greece
easel paintings
makes several
supposedly saved
especially outstanding
remarkable monument
masters saw in reality
distinguished by its mannerism
uniquely individual
figures are graceful
outlines of buildings
monuments of the city’s
drew themes from these albums
years of reaction
surpass in this respect
aspiring artist
direct observations
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linear perspective
hands he held
naming the artistic
creative response
studios were located
social activity gradually
beautiful and majestic
joyful beauty
picture telling
most popular
huge cycle of murals
natural principle
most picturesque places
introduction of an orange-red
thus emphasizing
variety of color
inhuman tension.
could not recover
technique of oil painting
painters from England
henceforth become
products painted
tense in mood
where every wave
