main problems of aesthetics
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
joyful beauty
inhuman tension.
picture telling
remarkable monument
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where every wave
creative response
years of reaction
introduction of an orange-red
aspiring artist
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monuments of the city’s
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makes several
surpass in this respect
masters saw in reality
variety of color
hands he held
most popular
painters from England
studios were located
technique of oil painting
ambassador to Greece
natural principle
linear perspective
especially outstanding
huge cycle of murals
tense in mood
easel paintings
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statue was created
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outlines of buildings
henceforth become
most picturesque places
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social activity gradually
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