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