William Blake's Printed Paintings

Methods, Origins, Meanings

Joseph Viscomi

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English

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
25 May 2021

Art & design styles: Romanticism; Prints & printmaking; Individual artists, art monographs; Religious subjects depicted in art

Among William Blake’s (1757–1827) most widely recognized and highly regarded works as an artist are twelve color printed drawings, or monoprints, conceived and executed in 1795. This book investigates these masterworks, explaining Blake’s technique—one he essentially reinvented, unaware of 17th-century precursors—to show that these works were produced as paintings, and played a crucial role in Blake’s development as a painter. Using material and historical analyses, Joseph Viscomi argues that the monoprints were created as autonomous paintings rather than as illustrations for Blake’s books with an intended viewing order. Enlivened with bountiful illustrations, the text approaches the works within the context of their time, not divorced from ideas expressed in Blake’s writings but not illustrative of or determined by those writings.

By: Joseph Viscomi
Imprint: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1.156kg
ISBN: 9781913107208
ISBN 10: 1913107205
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph Viscomi is James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reviews for William Blake's Printed Paintings: Methods, Origins, Meanings

“This volume is devoted to a set of twelve pictures created in 1795 and unanimously considered Blake’s highest achievement...Relying on material evidence and sensible deduction, Visconti reconstructs the whole chronology of the twelve pictures.”—Laurent Bury, Cercles “The new standard account of how [Blake’s] ‘printed paintings’ were produced and how the works should be interpreted…. The implications of Viscomi’s scholarship will resonate for years to come.”