Delacroix

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DOLPHIN ART BOOKS A magnificent library of monographs dedicated to presenting the work of the greatest painters, sculptors and architects of all time. Each volume, based on the latest research, is written by a leading authority, and contains a biography, a critical appraisal of the work, and fully documented notes on each plate. When complete, this series of books will form a comprehensive encyclopaedia of art. 80 COLOUR PLATES DELACROIX GIUSEPPE MARCHIORI With the advent of Eugene Delacroix, France established the dominance in painting that it has held until well into the present century. It was through his genius, moreover, that Romanticism (a movement that in England was chiefly literary, and in Germany mainly literary and musical) was given full expression in French art. From the time of Delacroix' first exhibition in 1822, the uninhibited drama of his themes, the boldness of his colour, his love for the exotic, and the extravagance of his decorative effects scandalized the... Tovább

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DOLPHIN ART BOOKS A magnificent library of monographs dedicated to presenting the work of the greatest painters, sculptors and architects of all time. Each volume, based on the latest research, is written by a leading authority, and contains a biography, a critical appraisal of the work, and fully documented notes on each plate. When complete, this series of books will form a comprehensive encyclopaedia of art. 80 COLOUR PLATES DELACROIX GIUSEPPE MARCHIORI With the advent of Eugene Delacroix, France established the dominance in painting that it has held until well into the present century. It was through his genius, moreover, that Romanticism (a movement that in England was chiefly literary, and in Germany mainly literary and musical) was given full expression in French art. From the time of Delacroix' first exhibition in 1822, the uninhibited drama of his themes, the boldness of his colour, his love for the exotic, and the extravagance of his decorative effects scandalized the critics, marking him as the champion of Romanticism and the opponent of the classical school led by Ingres. Only a few artists (among them Rubens, from whom he learned so much) have rivalled Delacroix in range of subject and vitality of execution. Episodes from ancient and mediaeval history; oriental scenes; stories from Shakespeare, Byron and Scott; religious subjects; policical allegory; portraits - all were fuel to his unflagging inspiration and energy. In matters of technique, the Impressionists were to profit greatly from his example. But the quality of his Romantic vision was so personal that he left no direct successor, and no painter since his death has created so comprehensive an imaginary world. Vissza