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The World of Delacroix 1798-1863 Tlie World of Delacroix am BOOKS ® LIFEWORLDLIBRARY LIFtNATURELIBRARY TIMEREADINGPROGRAM THELIFEHISTORYOFTHEUNITEDSTATES LIFESCIENCELIBRARY GREATAGESOFMAN TIMELIFELIBRARYOFART TIME-LIFELIBRARYOFAMERICA FOODSOFTHtWORLD THISFABULOUSCENTURY LIFELIBRARYOFPHOTOGRAPHY THETlMt-LIFEENCYCLOPEDIAOFGARDENING FAMILYLIBRARY THETIMELIFEBOOKOFFAMILYFINANCE IHETIME-LIFEFAMILYLEGALGUIDE 1HEAMERICANWILDERNESS 3 ^ riME-LIFE LIBRARY OF ART The World of Delacroix 1798-1863 bv Tom Prideaux and the Editors of Time-Life Books TlMK-l.lKK Books. New ^ ork About the Author: TomPrideauxcametohisinterestinEugeneDelacroixthroughreadingthepainter'sJournal. wtihlismanvobservationsonmusicandtheater.Formorethan25yearsaneditoranddrama criticforLife.Mr.Pndeauxretiredfromthatmagazinein1970tobecomeafull-limefreelance writer.HeistheauthorofTheWorIdofUhtstler,anothervolumeiniheTi^E-LiFELibraryof Art,andco-author,withJosephineMaver.of\eiertoDie,abookonancientEgvpt. TheConsultingEditor: H. W.Janson isProfessorofFineArtsal New York Iniversiiy.whereheisalso ChairmanoftheDepartmentofFineArtsal WashingtonSquareCollege.Amonghis numerousbooksandpublicationsarehisdefinitiveHiston ojArt,whichrangesfrom prehislorvtothepresentdav. TheSculptureoff)onaielloandTheStor% ofPaintingfor )oungPeople,which heco-authoredwiih hiswife. I Slipcase: Adetailfrom Delacroix's 1824painting MassacreatChiosshowsoneof themaraudingTurkish horsemenreiningin hisnervoussteed. End Papers: Front:Thissheetofpensketchesisoneofmanypreparatorystudies Delacroixmadeforhisenormouscomposition,DeathofSardanapaltis. Back: AnundatedwalercolorshowsthecornerofoneofDelacroix's manvParisstudios. TIME-LIFE BOOKS FOInoer:HenryR.Luce1898-1967 Edaor-m-C.hief:HedlevDonovan ChairmanoftheBoard:AndrewHeiskell President:JamesR.Shepley Chairman,ExecutiveCommittee:James.A.Linen EduorialDirector:LouisBanks IteeChairman:RovE.Larsen EDITOR;JerrvKorn TIME-LIFE LIBRARY OF ART Executii-eEditor:.\.B.C.Whipple SERIESEDITOR:RobertMorion PlanningDirector:OliverE.Allen EditorialStaffforThefforldofDelacroix: TextDirector:MartinMann Editor:PercvKnauth ArtDirector:SheldonColler TextEditor:DianaHirsh ChiefofResearch:BeatriceT.Dobie Designer:PaulJensen DirectorofPhotography:MelvinL.Scott AssistantDesigner:LeonardWolfe AssistantTextDirectors:OpdenTanner.DianaHirsh ChiefResearcher:MarthaT.Goolrick AssistantAnDirector:ArnoldC.Holevwell Researchers:YvonneChan.NancvJacobsen. AssistantChiefofResearch:MarthaT.Goolrick LvndaKefauver.SusanMarcus PIBUSHER:JoanD.Manley EDITORIALPRODICTION GeneralManager:JohnD.McSweenev ProductionEditor:DouglasB.Graham BusinessManager:JohnStevenMaxwell QualityDirector:RobertL.Young SalesDirector:CarlG.Jaeger Assistant:JamesJ.Cox promotionDirector:PaulR.Stewart CopvStaff^:RosalindStubenberg.MurielClarke, PublicRelationsDirector:NicholasBenlon FlorenceKeith PictureDepartment:Dolores.A.Littles,PatriciaMaye ArtAssistant:MarkA.Binn ThepictureessaysforthisbookwerewrittenbvTomPndeaux.Thefollowingindividualsand departmentsofTimeInc.helpedtoproducethebook:EditorialProduction.Norman.Airev, NicholasCoslinoJr.:Library.PeterDraz;PictureCollection,DonsO'Neil;Photographic Laboratory.GeorgeKaras:TiheLifeNewsService.MurrayJ.Gart;CorrespondentsMaria VincenzaAloisi|Paris|andKatharineSachs(London). © 1966TimeInc.Allrightsreserved. PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanada.Revised1972. LibrarvofCongresscataloguecardnumber66-21130. SchoolandlibrarydislribudonbySilverBurdenCompany,Mornstown,NewJersey.