Art Analysis: Doctor Faust

When I look at the first picture my eyes goes right to the mysterious light orb in the middle. I am not too sure what it means but it looks like make knowledge or god since both were powerful at the time. On the left side of the window I can see a face made out of smoke maybe and it is looking out the window. I think this shows the other side of Faust that wants to explore and go out. Since the real Faust is looking at the orb most likely knowledge. The other side is looking out the window to show his adventure side. I can also see a man reading in this dark room. This shows how to gain knowledge and read there is no set room or place it can be done anywhere. The technique used in this painting is dark and light and mystery. The only light
He seems to be just in his room thinking and wondering what he is doing. One thing that I see is his beard, it is shaped like a goatee almost and is in the triangular shape like the devil. This shows how he is slowing turning into the devil and getting more evil and less with good, even though he might not know. Also how there is only one candle left burning in this whole room showing how he is going into the darkness from the light. The technique used in this painting is again lighting and wondering what he is doing in his study. One more thing is Faust is his study but is not reading. His books are closed and there is a skull on top of it and he is looking at it. Whenever Faust is in his study he is always reading but not this time, I think this shows he lost connects with the written work. This painting was drawn by Eugene Delacroix and he was part of the Romanticism period, but there is no sign of it. There is no nature and color that is this painting that are in more Romanticism paintings. So I am thinking that this is was late Baroque like the last
In this painting I see Faust in the bottom with his eyes closed and kind of confused. Next to him I see Mephistopheles, and I know that is Mephistopheles because of his bone like legs and spikes on his head. He seems to be spreading something or doing something and its falling on Faust’s head. What I think is Mephistopheles is putting all these bad thoughts and dreams into Faust’s head and it is corrupting his brain. I am not sure why there is green on his cape and why he even has a cape. This pictures a different technique then the other pictures because there is no background or light only 2 figures and a connection between them. This pictures was drawn by Salvador Dali and it looks more modern that his time period.
In these three painting I can see a few similarities and differences. One similarity is how there is Faust and the devil in each picture in some form. Another one is how all three show the struggle Faust is going though. A difference is the first one is the start the second one is he middle and the third one is the end of Faust and his