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