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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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remarkable monument
variety of color
naming the artistic
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figures are graceful
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direct observations
creative response
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joyful beauty
monuments of the city’s
beautiful and majestic
ambassador to Greece
studios were located
supposedly saved
huge cycle of murals
uniquely individual
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statue was created
especially outstanding
technique of oil painting
products painted
tense in mood
most picturesque places
natural principle
master worked
makes several
outlines of buildings
inhuman tension.
aspiring artist
painters from England
linear perspective
social activity gradually
easel paintings
surpass in this respect
masters saw in reality
picture telling
drew themes from these albums
distinguished by its mannerism
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