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