William Blake

Kathleen Raine, Colin Trodd

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
11 March 2021

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists, art monographs

Series: World of Art

Prophet, poet, painter, engraver - William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist of uniquely powerful imagination and far-reaching creative gifts. His work expresses the spiritual drama of the English national being, integrating poetry and visual art in a sustained work of visionary creativity unparalleled in English art history.

Revealing Blake to be far more than a revolutionary social radical, this classic study reshapes our understanding of the artist's achievement. Kathleen Raine details the enriching effect of mystical, alchemical and gnostic philosophy on Blake's art. She unravels the complex, deeply felt symbolism expressed in his paintings and prints, and describes the powerful impact of his reading of Dante, Milton and the Bible.

Raine's compelling text guides the reader through the life and thought of this extraordinary artist. Fully alive to the uniqueness of Blake's art - which has 'a reality, a coherence, a climate' all its own - she introduces famous work such as Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Four Zoas and The Book of Job, relating them to Blake's world view and explaining their prophetic qualities, their fierce energy, and their central place in British Romantic art.

With 185 illustrations in colour

By: Kathleen Raine
Preface by: Colin Trodd
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New Edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 150mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780500204726
ISBN 10: 0500204721
Series: World of Art
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kathleen Raine wrote a number of books of poetry, and her Collected Poems appeared in 2000. Her other books include From Blake to a Vision (1979), Blake and the New Age (1979), The Human Face of God: William Blake and the Book of Job and four volumes of autobiography.

Reviews for William Blake

A unique and valuable guide * The Times * Gracefully written and generously illustrated * Times Literary Supplement * A thing of joy. Warmly recommended * Guardian *

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Kathleen Raine, Colin Trodd

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