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