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