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| William Blake (1757-1827) |
 English
painter, engraver and poet, born in London. From the age of seven he habitually
saw a white-bearded God peering in through his window, or angels perching
in trees. An admirer of Dürer, Michelangelo and Raphael and a friend
of Fuseli, Blake was extremely eccentric. He walked the streets in a Phrygian
bonnet. His work, still obscure, suggests a new version of Christianity,
whose radicalism lies in its visual Symbolism. A precursor of the Pre-Raphaelites
and Symbolists. (taken from ArtMagick: William Blake http://www.artmagick.com/artists/blake1.asp). |
| Resources: |
| William Blake: Visionary Anarchist, Peter Marshall, Freedom Press, 1994. |
| The Radicalism of William Blake |
| http://home.earthlink.net/~squibix/blake/radicalism.html |
| Several Questions Answerd |
| Never Seek To Tell Thy Love |
| The Tyger |
| The Clod and the Pebble |
| The Lamb |
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