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William Blake

By Osbert Burdett

William Blake

By Osbert Burdett

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Amajor 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 unequalled imagination and originality, the artist played with the diversity of his media in order to better externalise the demons that haunted him, as well as to plunge the viewer or reader into a profound melancholy. In this monograph, Osbert Burdett sheds light on the art and life of this extraordinary artist.
Product details
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2021-04-24
Publication Date:
2021-04-24
Publisher:
Parkstone International
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1646997034
ISBN13:
9781646997039
Weight:
1179 g
Height:
221 cm
Width:
276 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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