Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847):
'Faust in his Study Room'
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Faust is the protagonist of a classic German Legend;
a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life,
and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul
for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures
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The Devil and Dr. Faustus meet
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Mephistopheles in the Air
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The Faust of early books - as well as the ballads, dramas,
and puppet-plays which grew out of them - is irrevocably
damned because he prefers human to divine knowledge:
'he laid the Holy Scriptures behind the door and under
the bench, refused to be called doctor of Theology, but
preferred to be styled doctor of Medicine'
Plays and comic puppet theatre loosely based on this legend
were popular throughout Germany in the 16th century, often
reducing Faust and Mephistopheles to figures of vulgar fun.
The story was popularised in England by Christopher Marlowe,
who gave it a classic treatment in his play, The Tragical History
of Doctor Faustus. In Goethe's reworking of the story 200 years
later, Faust becomes a dissatisfied intellectual who
yearns for 'more than earthly meat and drink'
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'Faust', by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Rembrandt (1606-69):
'Faust' aka ' A Scholar in his Study', between 1650-52
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Faust Disappears with Mephistopheles, 1908
by Willy Willy Pogány (1882-1955)
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Hendrik Frans Schaefels:
'A Scene from Goethe's Faust', 1863
The Scottish-American soprano
Mary Garden (1874-1967)
as Marguerite in 'Faust'
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Alma Tadema (1836-1912):
'Faust and Marguerite'
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The Bulgarian opera singer Raffaele Arié (1920-88)
as Mephistoles in Gounod's 'Faust'
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