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