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