Faust is a very interesting figure in the context of how is depicted both textually, and artistically. I find it very interesting that Faust almost has multiple personalties the way depictions of him vary as time goes on. It seems that Faust as person can be depicted many ways depending on who's depiction your going off of. We may never know Faust’s true identity, but in my personal opinion, that adds to the intriguing character that he has become none as. whether he be depicted good or bad. The first image of Faust depicts him later on in his life as he looks to be in his 60’s. Drawn in 1652 by Rembrandt, the image is given its mysterious qualities by the bright light the contains letter and symbols inside of it. Faust seems to be focused …show more content…
The man who drew this image is named Salvador Dali, and he drew it in 1969. The most modern of the three paintings brings a rather interesting story to it. This image was 1 of 21 engraving that Dali did directing a range of people. The first thing that caught my eye in this one is how childish it looks, thats the best way I can describe it. I know Dali was a very talented illustrator, but this image looks like something I could recreate with ease. I find this especially interesting because this is the most recent image of the three, but yet its the simplest. I think this is mainly because Dali wanted to take a completely different approach to drawing Faust, and this image accomplishes just that. While it does keep the dark feel, it adds a dream like feel because of how everything is floating on the picture. The technique being used here is a simplistic, but powerful image. There is no skull in this image, but I do feel like the figure to the right accomplish the same dark feel that the skull did in the other two images. Although the past to images kept the same style and feel even though they where separated by nearly two centuries, this one takes I bit of a different route being illustrated fairly