Original: In contrast to the Neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival Ingres , Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance , with an attendant emphasis on color and movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modeled form .
Simplified: ISBN 0-7148-3355-X Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault , Delacroix was also inspired by Byron , with whom he shared a strong identification with the '' forces of the sublime '' , of nature in often violent action .