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



