William Blake

William Blake

A major figure of the Romantic Movement, the British artist William Blake (1757-1827) was at once a painter, designer, engraver and poet. He devoted himself to the illustration of his literary works, and his texts developed following the lines of his engravings and fantastic drawings, becoming veritable illuminated manuscripts. Inspired by biblical and prophetical themes (Proverbs of Hell, The Everlasting Gospel and The Gates of Paradise), Blake's art subtly combines the modernity of his time and of the Romantic Revolution with the classicism of the themes that he explored.Gifted with unequall

Osbert Burdett

New York : Parkstone International

2009

Contents; I. An Early Revelation; Boyhood, 1757-1771; Apprenticeship and Marriage, 1771-1787; The Lyrical Poems; II. Poetic Visions; Poland Street and the Early Prophecies, 1787-1792; Lambeth; Blake's Ideas on Art; At Felpham with Hayley, 1800-1803; III. The Dusk of a Prophet; Milton and Jerusalem; London Once More, 1804-1809; 1810-1824; Disciples and Death; Blake and the Sublime; NOTES; Bibliography; List of Illustrations

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