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