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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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masters saw in reality
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joyful beauty
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uniquely individual
where every wave
studios were located
most picturesque places
especially outstanding
variety of color
master worked
creative response
tense in mood
most popular
direct observations
linear perspective
social activity gradually
technique of oil painting
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aspiring artist
years of reaction
outlines of buildings
easel paintings
picture telling
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beautiful and majestic
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