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); Blakes 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.
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